Hector St. Jean de Crèvecœur Describes the American people, 1782 Hector St. John de Crèvecœur was born in France, but relocated to the colony of New York and married a local woman named Mehitable Tippet. For a period of several years, de Crèvecœur wrote about the people he encountered in North America. The resulting work … Continue reading Hector St. Jean de Crèvecœur Describes the American people, 1782