Background
Crevecoeur, Michel-Guillaume Jean De was born on January 31, 1735 in Caen, Normandy, France. Son of Guillaume Jean and Marie-Anne (Blouet) de Crevecoeur.
Crevecoeur, Michel-Guillaume Jean De was born on January 31, 1735 in Caen, Normandy, France. Son of Guillaume Jean and Marie-Anne (Blouet) de Crevecoeur.
1 daughter, America-Frances.
Came to Canada, served under Montcalm in French and Indian Wars. Traveled and explored widely in American and Canada. Became naturalized American citizen, 1765.
Returned to France, 1780. Renowned for his Letters from an American Farmer, stating farmers’ reactions to issues and circumstances of the day, 1782. Introduced culture of America potato into Normandy, and alfalfa into American, circa 1782.
Appointed French consul, New York City, 1783. Returned to France, 1790.
Author: La Culture des pommes de terre. Voyage dans la haute Pensylvanie et dans l’etat de New York, 3 vols., 1801. Sketches of Eighteenth Century America, published posthumously, 1925.
Married Mehetable Tippet, 1769.