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A manuscript fair copy (watermark 1816) of an account, by Nassau William Senior of a tour through parts of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, undertaken in 1819. It contains extensive social commentary and economic analysis, particularly of the condition of Ireland, and is written in the form of a letter to Senior's friend, the author John Hughes. The text is in an unknown hand which is contemporary with Senior, and it includes corrections in Senior's hand. The inscription on the front cover, 'A sketch of a hasty tour over parts of Scotland, Ireland & Wales in the autumn of 1819 - by NWS', is also in Senior's hand.

Letters to Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, 1810-1863, from solicitors, private researchers and family members, with some drafts or copies of her replies. Correspondents include William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1840-1863, and Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1827-1832, discussing genealogy and titles of the families of Maurice, Gorges, Ormsby-Gore and Godolphin, mainly for interest but also to prove rights to crown lands in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire; subscriptions towards new church buildings at Harlech and Llannor 1855-1857; estate business and social conditions in Ireland; Tontine and Ellesmere Canal shares and other financial matters. One letter of individual interest is from Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore describing life in Amherstburgh, 1841. The file also includes a single personal letter to Mary Jane 's mother- in- law, Frances Morres Gore, 1826.