It describes a visit to the famous Pennsylvanian botanist, Mr. John Bertram.
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In 1779, during the American Revolution, St. John tried to leave the country to return to France because of the faltering health of his father.
According to local lore, Vermont founder Ethan Allen himself proposed naming the town St. John in honor of his friend Jean de Crèvecœur, a French-born author and agriculturist and a friend of Benjamin Franklin.
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Letters from an American Farmer is a series of letters written by French American writer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, first published in 1782.