J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"Main MenuJ. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s “Letters from an American Farmer”: a Digital EditionTitle PagePrefaceEmendationsTable of ContentsLetter I: IntroductionLetter II: On the Situation, Feelings, and Pleasures, of an American FarmerLetter III: What is an AmericanLetter IV: Description of the Island of Nantucket, with the Manners, Customs, Policy, and Trade, of the Inhabitants.Letter V: Customary Education and Employment of the Inhabitants of NantucketLetter V: Customary Education and Employment of the Inhabitants of NantucketLetter VI: Description of the Island of Martha's Vineyard; and of the Whale-FisheryLetter VII: Manners and Customs at NantucketLetter VII: Manners and Customs at NantucketLetter VIII: Peculiar Customs at NantucketLetter VIII: Peculiar Customs at NantucketLetter IX: Description of Charles-TownLetter X: On Snakes; And on the Humming-BirdLetter X: On Snakes; And on the Humming-BirdLetter XI: From Mr. Iw-n Al-z, a Russian Gentleman, Describing the Visit he paid, at my request, to Mr. John Bertram, the Celebrated Pennsylvanian BotanistLetter XII: Distresses of a Frontier-ManDiana Hope Polley 68715c32e4214b0c1f82d41fd3d4655bf471df1c
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Crèvecoeur, J. Hector St. Jean de. Letters from an American Farmer. MS, Library of Congress. Chandler, Winthrop. Homestead of General Timothy Ruggles, Hardwick Mass, 1770, oil on canvas, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester. Hicks, Edward. “The Peaceable Kingdom.” 1833, oil on canvas, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester. Peale, Charles Willson. “Belfield Farm.” 1816, oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit. ---. “Landscape Looking Toward Sellers Hall from Mill Bank.” 1818, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. ---. “James Peale.” 1822, oil on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit. Stearns, Junius Brutus. “George Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon.” 1855, oil on canvas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. West, Benjamin. “Penn’s Treaty with the Indians.” 1771-72, oil on canvas, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
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