Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813), also known as J. Hector St. John, was born in France, emigrated to Canada, and in 1759, moved to New York.
He settled in Orange County, New York, where his years as a farmer led to his book, Letters from an American Farmer (1787).
He fled back to Europe during the American Revolution.
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