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 draft...
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.
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-sh...
From the Collection: St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813
Published / Created:
1810-1811
Call Number:
GEN MSS 722
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 15
Image Count:
104
Description:
Notebook compiled during a trip to Munich. Contents include statistics concerning the United States, including populations of the states and territories, distances between major cities, and amounts of agricultural produce. Also contains notes on Europ...
