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Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 7 March-13 April 1862. It includes conversations with: Henry Hotze [Confederate propagandist]; Simon; Prince Napoleon; Lavergne; Drouyn de l'Huys; Mdme. Cornu; Montalembert; Corcelle; Circourt; William Dayton (1807-64); John Slidell (1793-1871); Changarnier; Duvergier; Dumon; Auguste Chevalier; Thiers; Robert O. Doremus (1824-1906); John Bigelow (1817-1911); Thurlow Weed (1797-1882); Joseph Renan (1823-92); Dufaure; Guizot, et al. Conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France and Italy, and also to the American Civil War. There are also comments on slavery; French involvement in Mexico; China; class distinctions; Anglo-French relations; manufacture of gunpowder; and the Bible. [Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire...].

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 1-170.
Note: ff. 38-40, 58-62, 74-77, 105-108 in this volume are omitted from A44.

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 172-320.
Notes: (i) ff. 1-2 and 70-74 in this volume are omitted from A44; (ii) Journal marked: 'It is requested that no part of this journal be copied. NWS'; (iii) Includes list of contents.

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 1-170, and A45.

Journal, being a copy of A44, ff. 172-320, and A46.

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Ireland, 1 September-21 November 1862. It includes conversations with: Sir Frederic Heygate; Lord Monteagle; Bishop William Fitzgerald (1814-1883); Stephen Spring Rice; Stephen de Vere; Lord Rosse; Toler Garvey; W. S. Trench; Sir Robert Peel (1822-1895); Lord John Fitzgerald (1816-1889); Archbishop Whately et al. The discussions relate mainly to the economic, social and political state of Ireland, with comments on education; religious revivals; theology; terrorism; crime and punishment; the Poor Law; naval and military matters; episcopal promotions; emigration and immigration; philosophy; and the Irish constabulary.
[Published in: Journals... Ireland, vol. II, pp. 156-299].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visits to Turin, Pisa and Florence, 25 October-7 December 1850. The state of French and Italian politics is discussed with: Beaumont; Faucher; Sir James Stephen (1789-1859); Marquis Sauli; Cavour (1810-61); Count Castelborgo; Marquis Cavour [elder brother of the Cavour]; Marquis Arconati (1797-1873); Count Balbo (1789-1853); Marquis Alfieri [Sostegno]; Giacinto Collegno (1794-1856); Giuseppe Massari (1805-72); Count Sclopis (1798-1878); M. Cordova (1811-67); Count Persano (1806-83); Philip Taylor (1786-1870); Abercromby; Chevalier Rossi [Belgian consul]; Marquis Torrearsa (1808-89); Vincenzo Salvagnoli (1802-61); Duke Serra di Falco; Peter Cambell Scarlett (1804-81); General Sir Frederick Adam (1781-1853); Sir George Bowyer (1811-53); Benjamin Spence (1822-66), et al. Topics of discussion include: French foreign policy and the law curtailing press freedom; poor-law in England; Socialism; the Siccardi laws; the French invasion; the events of 1848 in Italy; Catholicism in England; law, church and medicine in Italy; ministries of the Piedmont; the battle of Novara; the Piedmontese army; the events in the Chamber of Deputies, 1850; the Sardinian navy; the economic policy of the Piedmontese government; Austrian army; Tuscan politics; Italian architecture; the possibility of a German war; Austria; and 'Italian society of bores'. There are descriptions of the journey to Italy; art and architecture in Italy; and a visit to a ball at Mrs Trollope's [Frances Trollope (1780-1863), novelist mother of Anthony Trollope].
[Published in: Journals Kept in France..., vol. I, pp. 281-352].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 29 March-2 May 1863. It includes conversations with: Lavergne; Lanjuinais; Prince Napoleon; Jules Simon; Mdme. Cornu; Corcelle; Drouyn de l'Huys Thiers; Montalembert; Dayton; Circourt; Duchatel; Dumon; Michel Chevalier, Auguste Chevalier; Renan; Buffet; Broglie; Guizot; Changarnier; Don Guitierrez de Estrade; John Murray Forbes (1813-1898); William M. Evarts (1818-1901); Hotze et al. The conversations relate mainly to the political situation in France, Poland, USA and Mexico. There are also comments on religion; Sweden & Finland; the Bible; and the forthcoming French elections.
Notes: (i) ff. 46-7: copies of a letter from Corcelle to Lamartine and the latter's reply, dated 2 April 1863 and 3 April 1863 respectively [French]; (ii) ff. 186-7: copy of a letter by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna [of Mexico] dated 1 July 1854 [French translation]; (iii) f. 194: holograph note from Drouyn de l'Huys to S., dated 29 April 1863 [French]; (iv) ff. 197-202: copies of a series of letters to and from Sir Charles Wyke (1815-1897) to Lord John Russell re. Mexico (June 1861-January 1862). [Published in: Conversations ... during the Second Empire...].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visits to Naples and Palermo, 8 December 1850-25 January 1851. Discusses political situation in Naples with: Carlo Troya (1784-1858); Tocqueville; Marchioness Salza [?Lady Strachan]; General Sabatelli; Prince Cometini; Giovanni Manna (1813-65); Marquis Salva; Prince Belmonte; Luigi Blanch (1784-1874); General Filangieri (1784-1867); Prince Radali; Marquis Michage, et al. Topics of discussion include the suppression of foreign newspapers in Naples; Catholicism in England; religious persecution; Neapolitan prisons; 'the disgusting population of Naples'; English foreign policy re. Naples; Poerio's trial; government spies; quarantine regulations; limitations or artistic freedom; the cholera epidemic of 1837; Neapolitan aristocracy; the revolutionary press; trade in Sicily; US asylum for Garibaldi; S's visit to the Palace; and Italian patriotism. There are lengthy descriptions of Neapolitan art, architecture and historical sites, e.g. Pompeii. One of Senior's companions was W. E. Gladstone. The journal also contains a number of remarks in pencil signed by 'H.G.', presumably Mrs Grote.
[Published in: Journal Kept in France..., vol 11, pp. 1-87].

Journal containing holograph notes on Senior's visit to Sorrento, 25 January-22 February 1851. Discusses state of politics in France with Tocqueville and Jean Jacques Ampere (1800-64). There are also brief conversations with Marquis St. Angelo and Troya. Topics of discussion include the clergy in England; Catholicism in France; celibacy; the clash between the Assembly and Louis Napoleon; constitutions of England and France; the Poor Law Amendment Act; Tocqueville's experiences in Algeria; French writers of the eighteenth century; diplomats of the early nineteenth century; Franco-Italian and Franco-Austrian relations; the Russian army; Poerio's imprisonment; and Franco-Russian relations. There are descriptions of various journeys made by S.
[Published in: Correspondence-, vol. I, pp. 178-243].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Rome, 23 February-26 April 1851. Political matters are discussed with Alphonse de Rayneval (b. 1813); [?Thomas Milner] Gibson (1806-84); Ampere; Monsignor Talbot [the Pope's secretary]; the Duke of Sermoneta (1804-82); Sir George Philips; Dr Emil Braun (1809-56); Dr Diomede Pantaleone (1810-85); General Zucchi; Prince Esterhazy (1786-1866); Dr Nicholl [possibly John Pringle Nichol (1804-59)]; Pope Pius IX et al. Topics of conversation include French occupation of Rome; Roman art; RC bishoprics in England; Roman aristocracy; the assassination of Rossi; Roman government; the destruction of Borghese gardens; government spies; Neapolitan attack on Rome; Catholicism; prison conditions; Franco-Austrian relations; foreign newspapers; Garibaldi's march against the Neapolitians; Roman tribunals; the Etruscans; the French bombardment of Rome; malaria in Italy; literature; religious attitudes; trade regulations; passport difficulties, etc. There are numerous descriptions of the sights of Rome.
[Published in: Journal Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 87-168].

Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Paris, 29 April-24 May 1850, with a copy of a letter (in French) from Tocqueville, 27 July 1851 (ff. 134-139). The political state of France is discussed with Philip Taylor; Beaumont; Tocqueville, Dunoyer; Lavergne; Mrs Grote; Faucher; Count Gallina; Dumon; Jules von Mohl (1800-76); Wollowski; Ampere; Gioberti; George Sumner; Count de Barante (1782-1866); Anisson Duperon; Prosper Mérimée (1803-70); Duc de Broglie; Arrivabene; Emile Girardin (1802-81); Say; Rivet; Auguste Chevalier; Charles Montalembert (b. 1810); Guizot, et al. Topics of conversation include the constitutional problems of France; the commercial state of France; revolutions; Rome; politics in Germany; the threat of insurrection in Paris, 3 May 1851; French invasion of Rome; Catholicism in England; Italian unity; Faucher's acceptance of office; public works in France; republicanism; class distinctions in Italy, etc.
[Published in: (i) Journals Kept in France..., vol. 11, pp. 171-219, and (ii) Correspondence..., vol. I, pp. 247-61.]

Note : (i) Many of the Oxford lectures are missing. For a comprehensive list of the missing MSS see Marion Bowley, Nassau Senior and Classical Economics (1937); (ii) Many of the MSS have been marked in pencil, crayon and ink by S. Leon Levy (see Introduction).

Volume of six lectures delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course I, Nos 1-5 & 9) (Original copy), consisting of: (a) 'Introductory' [Lecture on Political Economy], pp. 1-68. [Delivered on 6 December 1826. Published in 1827 and also in the Pamphleteer, Vol. 29, No. 57, 1828]; (b) 'On Wealth', pp. 69-122. [Published in An outline of the Science of Political Economy, 1836, pp. 6-13]; (c) 'On Value', pp. 123-170 [Published in An Outline..., pp. 13-22]; (d) 'On Exchange and Money', pp. 171-232; (e) 'On Money', pp. 231-290; (f) 'On the various scientific definitions of wealth', pp. 291-354. (Part published in An Outline..., pp. 53-6]. Page 290 marked: 'The sixth, seventh and eighth lectures of this course having been published are omitted in this copy' [MS missing]. Also marked in Senior's hand: 'They are published under the title of Three lectures on the Transmission of the precious metals from country to country & the mercantile theory of wealth by N.W. Senior. Murray.' [1828]. The MSS for Course II are missing [Lectures 7 and 8 are published in An Outline..., pp. 29-50].

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course I, No. 9), entitled 'Direct & indirect Production'. [Mostly in Nassau William Senior's hand and dated 26 July 1847].

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 1), entitled 'Classification, Nomenclature, Definition'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand. Dated 14 February 1848.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 2), entitled 'Classification of the Instruments of Production'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand, except for pp. 48-49. Dated 1848.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 3), entitled 'Definitions of Capital; commenced'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand, apart from occasional corrections.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 4), entitled 'Definitions of Capital; concluded'. [Only partly in Nassau William Senior's hand.]

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 5), entitled 'National Capital commenced'. [Only partly in Nassau William Senior's hand.]