Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (writing as J. Hector St. John), "What Is an American?" Letter III of Letters from
Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (John Hector St. John) to Thomas Jefferson, December 16, 1786 - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search
![Hector St. John / Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur deed to Thomas Moffatt - Chester Historical Society - New York Heritage Digital Collections Hector St. John / Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur deed to Thomas Moffatt - Chester Historical Society - New York Heritage Digital Collections](https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/chs:1298/full/730,/0/default.jpg)
Hector St. John / Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur deed to Thomas Moffatt - Chester Historical Society - New York Heritage Digital Collections
![CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782. CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/NYR/2018_NYR_16082_0092_000(jay_john_autograph_letter_signed_to_francis_childs_paris_11_may_1783025351).jpg?mode=max)
CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782.
![American Writers: St. John de Crevecoeur (Long Eighteenth Century Series Trivia) | The history writer blog American Writers: St. John de Crevecoeur (Long Eighteenth Century Series Trivia) | The history writer blog](https://historywriterblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/crevecoeur.jpg?w=529)
American Writers: St. John de Crevecoeur (Long Eighteenth Century Series Trivia) | The history writer blog
![Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] | The book that attracted “more readers to America than any other book of the period” | Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I. Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] | The book that attracted “more readers to America than any other book of the period” | Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I.](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4ecd4df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1400x2000+0+0/resize/385x550!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F01%2F28%2Fad5cf9df4ce1a1dae01e128c4b6e%2F053n10912-c2rz9-t2-02.jpg)
Crevecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de] | The book that attracted “more readers to America than any other book of the period” | Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I.
![CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782. CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/NYR/2018_NYR_16082_0097_000(lee_francis_lightfoot_autograph_letter_signed_to_colonel_william_augus025541).jpg?mode=max)
CREVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St. Jean de (1735-1813). Letters from an American Farmer; Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customs, Not Generally Known. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1782.
![Thomas Jefferson to Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (John Hector St. John), July 11, 1786 - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search Thomas Jefferson to Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (John Hector St. John), July 11, 1786 - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1786/01/01/thomas-jefferson-to-michel-guillaume-jean-de-crevecoeur-john-hector-st-john-8-1024.jpg)