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Senior family papers

Senior family papers. Arranged into family letters, 1764-1865 (E 1-194), letters from Nassau W. Senior to his wife, Mary Charlotte Senior (née Mair), 1831-1862 (E 195-371), correspondence addressed to Mrs M. C. M. Simpson (née Senior), 1855-1907 (E 372-710); and family deeds and documents, 1769-[c.1900] (E 711-817).

Nassau Senior papers

  • GB 0210 NASSAUS
  • Fonds
  • 1764-1946

Papers relating to Nassau Senior, 1764-1945, comprising travel journals, particularly to France and Italy, 1848-1863; lecture notes, 1826-1852; correspondence and papers of the Senior family, 1764-1907; diaries of Nassau Senior and his wife, 1830-1882; correspondence, 1764-1862, including substantial correspondence with Richard Whately, Protestant Archbishop of Dublin; papers relating to the Poor Law in England and Ireland, 1831-1864; papers on economic, social and political matters, 1821-1862; general letters 1764-1910, and papers of the Strachey family, 1911-1946.

Senior, Nassau William, 1790-1864

Correspondence

Correspondence, arranged into Senior correspondence, 1811-1863 (C 1-829) and miscellaneous letters, 1812-1863 (C 830-871).

Senior correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Senior correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. For Baron Ashburton, 1836, see W. B. Baring (C 86); Blanco White, Joseph, 1831, see White, Joseph Blanco (C 822); Lord Brougham, 1832, see appendix I (ii) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; (?) C. G. B. Daubeny, c.1819, see appendix I (xi) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; Charles Hindley, 1830, see appendix I (vii) <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>; Viscount Howick, see Earl Grey (C 115-125); Lefevre, 1833, see Shaw-Lefevre, Sir John George (C 369); Edward John Littleton, 1843, see Lord Hatherton (C 138-140); Bishop of Llandaff, 1830, see Edward Copleston (C 96); Louis Philippe d'Orleans, 1859-1863, see Orleans (C332-334); Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 1831-1863, see Lord Lansdowne (C 164-238); William Thomas Petty Fitzmaurice, [?1834]-1835, see Lord Kerry (C 161-162); Senior family, 1764-[?1910], see class E; John Charles Spencer Spencer, 1831, see Lord Althorp (C 2); and G. W. F. Villiers, 1851, see Lord Clarendon (C 91).

Oxford lectures

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).

Lectures on Political Economy 1

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].

Lectures on Political Economy 2

Volume of four lectures delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course III, Nos 1-4) (Original copy), consisting of: (a) 'Cost of production', pp. 1-49 [Published in An Outline..., pp. 59-102]; (b) 'On price where competition is unequal', pp. 50-92 [Published in An Outline..., pp. 102-110]; (c) 'General laws of Price continued', pp. 93-143 [Published in An Outline..., pp. 111-118]; (d) 'Some effects of Corn Laws', pp. 144-204.

Lectures on Political Economy 3

Volume of four lectures delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course III, Nos 5-8) (Original copy), consisting of: (a) 'Money', pp. 1-45; (b) 'Money', pp. 46-93; (c) 'Money', pp. 94-133; (d) 'Money', pp. 134-194. [4 lectures partly printed for private circulation in Three Lectures on the Value of Money (1840). Reprinted as No. 4 in the London School of Economics Series of Reprints of Scarce Tracts in, Economic and Political Science (1931). The last section of (d) published at the beginning of B4 (a) (see below)].

Lectures on Political Economy 4

Volume of three lectures delivered by Senior at Oxford (course III, Nos 9-11) (Original copy), consisting of: (a) 'Money', pp. 1-71; (b) 'Money', pp. 72-142; and (c) 'Money', pp. 143-197. [3 lectures published, along with part of B3 (d) (see above), in 1830. Reprinted as No. 5 in the London School of Economics Series of Reprints and Scarce Tracts, etc., 1931].
The MSS for Course IV are missing. [These are partly published in An Outline... and in Three Lectures on the Rate of Wales (1831)].

Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy

Printed proofs, corrected by Senior, of four lectures delivered by him at Oxford (Course I Nos 1-4), consisting of (a) 'Causes that have Retarded the Progress of Political Economy', pp. 1-17; (b) 'Political Economy a mental study', pp. 18-35; (c) 'Reasons for Treating Political Economy as a Science', pp. 36-56; and (d) 'Political Economy a Positive not an Hypothetical Science - Definition of Wealth', pp. 57-76. [Published in Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy (London, 1852).]

Production of Wealth

Printed proofs of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course I, No. 8), entitled 'Production of Wealth'. [Corrected by Senior.]

Direct & indirect Production

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].

Capital concluded - Instruments

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course II, No. 8), entitled 'Capital concluded - Instruments'. [Not in Nassau William Senior's hand, but corrected by him. Dated 28 August 1848.]

Journals

Journals of Nassau Senior, recording travels to Paris, Italy, Egypt, Greece and elsewhere. A personal name index to the contents of the journals, more detailed than the present catalogue, is available here <link to PDF/Nassau Senior Papers>.

Universal Desire of Wealth

Original manuscript of a lecture delivered by Senior at Oxford (Course I No. 5), entitled 'Universal Desire of Wealth'. [Only partly in Nassau William Senior's hand.]

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