From the Collection: St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Published / Created:
1880, undated
Call Number:
GEN MSS 722
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 3-5
Image Count:
152
Description:
Notes compiled by Robert de Crèvecoeur during his research for his biography of his grandfather (St. John de Crèvecoeur: sa vie et ses oeuvres, 1883). Includes chronologies, a calendar of correspondence, notes on various persons, and brief essay drafts.
From the Collection: St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Published / Created:
1786
Call Number:
GEN MSS 722
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 6
Image Count:
210
Description:
Autograph manuscript, heavily corrected and revised, of twelve of the seventeen chapters of the third volume of the French version of Letters from an American Farmer. and Bound in: printed pamphlet, Extrait des gazettes amèricains (Paris, 1786).
From the Collection: St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Published / Created:
1784-1786
Call Number:
GEN MSS 722
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 1
Image Count:
113
Description:
23 letters from Crèvecoeur to his sons, Guillaume-Alexandre and Phillippe-Louis, almost all in English, containing discussion of the boys' educations and social development; Crèvecoeur's business affairs, including his attempt to establish a packet-ship service between France and the United States; and his progress on the third volume of Lettres d'un cultivateur Amèricain.
With 3 letters from Crèvecoeur's daughter, America-Frances ("Fanny") to her father and 30 letters from various members of the French nobility addressed to Crèvecoeur's sons. Correspondents include the comtesse d'Houdetôt, Crèvecoeur's patron; the duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, and the Baron de Breteuil.
From the Collection: St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
GEN MSS 722
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 16
Image Count:
16
Description:
Manuscript, incomplete, discussing the situations and conditions of Francophone residents of the United States and Canada; the promotion of emigration from France to America; and Franco-American trade relations.
