Letters From An American Farmer

J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

COLOPHON

Text: Letters from an American farmer, by J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur, reprinted from the original ed., with a prefatory note by W. P. Trent and an introduction by Ludwig Lewisohn. New York, Fox, Duffield, 1904.

Original Scan: Jill Spearman, The University of Virginia 5/1/95

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ADVERTISEMENT AND DEDICATION
• LETTER I: INTRODUCTION. . . 1
• LETTER II: OF THE SITUATION, FEELINGS, AND PLEASURES OF AN AMERICAN FARMER. . . 22
• LETTER III: WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?. . . 48
• LETTER IV: DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF NATUCKET, WITH THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, POLICY, AND TRADE OF THE INHABITANTS. . . 119
• LETTER V: CUSTOMARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NANTUCKET. . . 156
• LETTER VI: DESCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, AND OF THE WHALE FISHERY. . . 165
• LETTER VII: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT NANTUCKET. . . 183
• LETTER VIII: PECULIAR CUSTOMS AT NANTUCKET. . . 202

• LETTER IX: DESCRIPTION OF CHARLES-TOWN; THOUGHTS ON SLAVERY; ON PHYSICAL EVIL; A MELANCHOLY SCENE. . . 222
• LETTER X: OF SNAKES; AND ON THE HUMMING-BIRD. . . 246
• LETTER XI: FROM MR. IW--N AL--Z, A RUSSIAN GENTLEMAN, DESCRIBING THE VISIT HE PAID, AT MY REQUEST, TO MR. JOHN BERTRAM, THE CLEBRATED PENNSYLVANIA BOTANIST. . . 258
• LETTER XII: DISTRESSES OF A FRONTIER-MAN. . . 281
• APPENDIX I. . . 331
• APPENDIX II. . . 349
• NOTES