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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).

Memoranda by Nassau Senior on a conference on the Irish church and education, [c. 1835], on the redundancy of population in Ireland, 1837 (two versions) and on Poor Law administration in Ireland, [c. 1837]. The memoranda are accompanied by covering letters from Senior to Lord Howick, 1837, and to Lord Lansdowne, 1835-1837.