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Some one hundred and thirty-eight letters to Nassau William Senior, mostly from statesmen, economists and ecclesiastical dignitaries. The letters were previously in an album, a list of the original contents of which can be found on ff. i-ii.
The correspondents are Henry Richard Vassall Fox, Baron Holland, 1831-1840 (ff. 1-26 verso), Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady Holland, [?1830s] (ff. 27-33 verso), Henry Edward Fox, Baron Holland, 1851-1853 (ff. 35-51 verso), Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, 1829-1834 (ff. 52-64), George Eden, Earl of Auckland, 1831-1835 (ff. 66-68 verso), George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, 1840-1859 (ff. 74-78 verso), Sir Charles Wood, 1831 (f. 80), William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, 1831 (f. 82), Thomas Hyde Villiers, 1831 (f. 84), Henry Drummond, 1831 (f. 88), William Sturges-Bourne, 1832-1834 (ff. 90-96 verso), D. O. P. O. Leaden, 1832 (f. 98), Henry Ellis, 1832 (f. 100), George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 1833-1859 (ff. 102-111), Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1834 (f. 112), Thomas Young, 1834 (f. 114), Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond, 1834 (f. 116), Joseph Luckerman, 1834 (f. 118), Charles Grey, Earl Grey, 1834-1848 (ff. 120-145), C. J. Darbishire, 1834 (f. 146), Joseph Hume, 1834-1835 (ff. 147-148 verso), Thomas Milner Gibson, 1834 (f. 150), William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, 1835-1836 (ff. 152-156 verso), John Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, 1835-1836 (ff. 158-167), Robert Adney, 1835-1844 (ff. 169-171), Henry Canning, Hamburg, 1835 (ff. 173-175 verso), Sir George Nicholls, 1835 (f. 177), John Rickman, 1835 (ff. 179-181), Sir Henry Taylor, 1835 (f. 183), Henry Bickersteth, Baron Langdale, 1836 (f. 185), Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon, 1836-1855 (ff. 187-194 verso), Sir Francis Bond Head, 1836-1841 (ff. 195-221 verso), Walter Coulson, 1836 (f. 222), John Russell, Earl Russell, 1836-1837 (ff. 224-226 verso), Robert Torrens, 1836 (f. 228), H. J. Boulton, 1836 (f. 230), George W. Wood, 1837 (f. 234), Samuel Jones Loyd, Baron Overstone, 1837 (ff. 236-239 verso), Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham, 1838 (f. 240), John Prince-Smith, 1838 (f. 242), James Endell Tyler, 1838 (f. 244), Edward Sterling, 1839 (f. 247), Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Baron St Leonards, 1839-1853 (ff. 249-262 verso), T. C. Banfield, 1841-1855 (ff. 264-267), Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1841 (ff. 268-279 verso), George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, 1842-1857 (ff. 280-288), Alexander Baring, Baron Ashburton, 1842 (f. 289), William Bingham Baring, Baron Ashburton, 1846-1855 (ff. 291-296 verso), Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron Hatherton, 1842 (f. 297), Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, 1843 (f. 300), and Hugh Fortescue, Earl Fortescue, 1845-1859 (ff. 304-308 verso). Also included are a letter to Joseph Hume, 1834 (f. 146), and a ballad entitled 'Effects of the new poor law bill', 1838 (f. 246).

The file comprises a bound volume of mainly nineteenth-century miscellaneous printed ballads and airs, occasionally interspersed with manuscript music. Most, if not all, of the items appear to have once belonged to the Victorian actress, Helen Faucit, whose name is frequently endorsed on the title pages, together with the year 1838. The works are indexed alphabetically at the beginning of the volume.

A ballad relating to a foxhunt in Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.