Description
Autograph letter in French, signed 'N. de Staël H' to William Wilberforce, expressing her pleasure and pride at securing him as a guest for the following Friday, one page 4to, integral address leaf with remains of black wax seal, recipient's endorsement 'Mad. de Staël fixing a distant date for my dining w[ith] her'.
Footnote
Note: Madame de Staël's meeting with William Wilberforce during her stay in London in 1813-14 was one of the most important of her encounters with English politicians; she would devote the remaining years of hier life to the fight for the abolition of the slave trade.