Site Archive, by Author/Artist or Pen Name (Anonymous pieces are not listed)
"Azul." "Ance Veasy's Fight With Reub. Sessions." New York Spirit of the Times 15. 35 (25 October 1845): 405.
"Banjo." "Playing the Advantages." New York Spirit of the Times 15.49 (31 January 1846): 575.
"Broomstraw." "How Sam Collins Got Broke Playing Agin a Hand Organ." New York Spirit of the Times 30.2 (18 February 1860): 21.
Bryant, Nancy S. "Scenes on the Alabama River." New York Spirit of the Times 29.8 (2 April 1859): 91.
“Chausseur Boheme.” "The Blind Tiger." New York Spirit of the Times 30.23 (14 July 1860): 271.
"Chasseur Boheme." "Turkey Tom of 'Arkinsaw.' " New York Spirit of the Times 30.19 (16 June1860): 217-18.
"Cotton Wood." "An Accident at a Wedding." New York Spirit of the Times, 15.39 (22 November 1845): 458.
Defoe, Denis. "Orpheus in Kentucky; or, The Forced Fiddler." New York Spirit of the Times 10.19 (11 July 1840): 219.
"Double Flask." "A Kentuckian in a Fix." New York Spirit of the Times, 29.23 (16 July 1859): 269.
"D.V.M." "Fun at the Capitol of Mississippi." New York Spirit of the Times 14.3 (16 March 1844): 27.
"Everpoint." "Establishing the Science." New York Spirit of the Times 15.45 (3 January 1846): 528.
"Everpoint." "A Night in a Swamp." New York Spirit of the Times 15.41 (6 December 1845): 481.
"F.M." "On Marrin Widders." New York Spirit of the Times 14.4 (23 March 1844): 39.
"G." "The Origin on the Twist in Pig's Tails." New York Spirit of the Times 14.10 (4 May 1844): 109.
Gilfer, Phil. "A South Carolina Training." New York Spirit of the Times 10.10 (9 May 1840): 110.
Greene, Hazel, "Anderson Blivins, Esq., of Indiana, Tells a Fish Story." New York Spirit of the Times 30.19 (16 June 1860): 220.
Greene, Hazel. "A Deer Hunt by Torchlight." New York Spirit of the Times 29.45 (17 December 1859): 531.
Greene, Hazel. "A Dog Day in Arkansas." New York Spirit of the Times 30.2 (18 February 1860): 17.
Greene, Hazel. "Robbing a Peach Orchard." New York Spirit of the Times 30.7 (24 March 1860): 75.
Hamilton, Betsy Ward. "Betsy in a Storm," "Mrs. Pinkney's Spring Spell," " The Old-Time Camp Meetin'," "Pap's Bone Felon," "The Quiltin' at Mis' Robertson's," "The Writin' School." Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937.
"Harry R." "My First Court Martial." New York Spirit of the Times 15.51 (14 February 1846): 597-98.
"Harry R." "Table Etiquette in Illinois." New York Spirit of the Times 15.44 (27 December 1845): 518.
Hennessy,
W. "Scene of a Militia Drill." View
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"Caricatures and Cartoons").
Hooper, Johnson Jones. "The Elephant in La Fayette." Simon
Suggs’ Adventures and Travels. 1858.
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Hooper, Johnson Jones. "The Hanimal Show." Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 89-92.
Hooper, Johnson Jones. "A Scrap From the Author of 'Simon Suggs.' " New York Spirit of the Times 15.18 (28 June 1845): 201.
"Horn Pipe." "How Tom and Kirk Saved Their Lives." New York Spirit of the Times 22.1 (21 February 1852): 2.
"Ib." "Let the Kentuckians Alone." New York Spirit of the Times 10.8 (25 April 1840): 85.
Jenkins, Jacob Jr. "A Hoosier Wedding." Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 54-67.
"J. F. K.", "A Reminiscence of the Florida Campaign; or, Bony M'Shane's Raisons for Going to the Wars." Southern Literary Messenger 12.12 (December, 1846): 743-750.
"Jo of Mississippi." "My First Frolic in College." Southern Literary Messenger 11.2 (February 1845): 109-112.
Jones, U.J."Somebody in My Bed!" New York Spirit of the Times 15.42 (13 December 1845): 490.
"K." "Simon Suggs Rejecting the Flattering Unction." Porter’s Spirit of the Times 1.5 (4 October 1856): 69.
Keemle, Chs., Field, M.C., Field, J.M. "Prospectus of the Saint Louis Reveille." St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.1 (15 July 1844).
"Kendall." "Out West." New York Spirit of the Times 14.1 (2 March 1844): 1.
"Knickerbocker." "Taking the Census." New York Spirit of the Times 15.25 (16 August 1845): 293.
Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin. "Darby, The Politician." Stories with a Moral Humorous and Descriptive Of Southern Life a Century Ago. Ed. Fitz R. Longstreet. Philadephia, Winston: 1909. 50-87. Appeared as "Darby Anvil" in Southern Literary Messenger 10.1 (Jan. 1844): 43-52.
"Mr. Snooks." "A Quarter Race." New York Spirit of the Times 6.21 (9 July 1836): 162.
"Ned." "Engineering vs. Piloting." New York Spirit of the Times 15.14 (31 May 1845): 153.
"N.C.M.J." "Practical Jokers in the Army." New York Spirit of the Times 15.31 (27 September 1845): 357.
Nolan, Charles F.M. "Letter from Pete Whetstone." New York Spirit of the Times 11.32 (9 Oct. 1841): 378.
Nolan, Charles F.M. "Letter from Pete Whetstone." New York Spirit of the Times 11.36 (6 Nov. 1841): 426.
"Old Virginny.""A Kentucky Fiddler and a French Violinist." New Orleans Daily Picayune, 21 February 1841 (no 24). 2nd unnumbered page.
"Pardon Jones." "Letter from Pardon Jones." St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.8 (2 September 1844): 61.
Paul, Edmund W. "Pistol Shooting." Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 26 February 1856: 4.
"A Pea Ridger." "Sketches of the Olden Time." New York Spirit of the Times 10.1 (7 March 1840): 8.
Peticolas, A.E. "Quacks, Physicians, and the Public." Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner. 1 April 1851: 4.
Phillips, Natt. "Wedding and Deer Hunt in Kentucky." New York Spirit of the Times 9.49 (8 February 1840): 583.
Porter, William T. "Going to Bed Before a Young Lady." New York Spirit of the Times 15.2 (8 March 1845), 9.
"Quid Rides." "A Brace of Side-Splitters." New York Spirit of the Times 30.9 (7 April 1860): 98.
"Satchel." "Scene in a Grand Jury Room." New York Spirit of the Times 15.40 (29 November 1845): 471.
"Shoes." "The Mayor of the Slashes' Remarks." New York Spirit of the Times 12:6 (9 April 1842): 63.
"Slosher." "Reminiscenses of Col. Tom Picton." New York Spirit of the Times 29.42 (26 November 1859): 495.
"Solitare." "Natural Acting." New York Spirit of the Times 15.26 (23 August 1845): 299.
Smith, Jeremiah. "A Race and a Frolic!" New York Spirit of the Times 6.21 (9 July 1836): 162.
Smith, John. "All the John Smiths Not Dead Yet!" New York Spirit of the Times 14.3 (16 March 1844): 25.
Smith, Sol. "A Post-Master General in Disguise." New York Spirit of the Times 15.49 (31 January 1846): 577.
Smith, Sol. "Speculation in Whiskers; or, Shaving in a Broker's Office." Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 42-46.
"Spinning Bait." "Randall's Sight at the Devil." New York Spirit of the Times 29.33 (24 September 1859): 386.
"Spinning Bait." "Shooting at the Devil." New York Spirit of the Times 30.20 (23 June1860): 232.
Strickland, Joe Jr., "Procklaymashum: Newly Adapted—Revised and Corrected." Spirit of the Times and Life in New York 1.38 (1 September 1832): 1.
"Sugartail." "The Knob Dance." New York Spirit of the Times 15.23 (2 August 1845): 267.
"Sugartail." "A Snake-bit Irishman." New York Spirit of the Times 15.47 (17 January, 1846): 549-550.
"T." "Anecdote of a Pointer Dog." New York Spirit of the Times 12.25 (20 August 1842): 290.
"T." "Canvassing: A Sketch." Southern Literary Messenger 11.11, (November 1845): 666-670.
"The Young 'Un." "A Game at 'Seven Up.' " New York Spirit of the Times 15.24 (9 August 1845): 273.
"The Ten-Pin Boy." "The Great Match on Long Island." New York Spirit of the Times 15.16 (14 June 1845): 177.
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. "A Frontier Incident." New York Spirit of the Times 10.35 (31 October 1840): 409.
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. "Light Comedy." New York Spirit of the Times 14.1 (2 March 1844): 1.
Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. "Scene in the Picayune Sanctum, by Thorpe." New York Spirit of the Times, 14.6 (6 April 1844): 63.
"Timothy Careless". " 'Ned Simm's 'Perdicament' ." New York Spirit of the Times 15.37 (8 Nov 1845): 438.
"Tom B. of Arkansas." "Extracts From My Hunting Journal." New York Spirit of the Times 14.2 (9 March 1844): 19."The Turkey Runner." "Scenes on Deer Creek and the Sunflower." New York Spirit of the Times 14.8 (20 April 1844): 91
Von Blixton, Jamie. "Brissentine, the Man of Golden Dreams" New York Spirit of the Times 10.37 (14 November 1840): 438-39.
Warrick, William. "Mr. Warrick in Luck!" New York Spirit of the Times 14.5 (30 March 1844): 49.
Webber, Frank. "A Saw Log Blind; or, Poker Out West." Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 54-67.
"W." "Coming it Over a Buckeye Hunter." New York Spirit of the Times 15.48 (24 January 1846): 561.
"W.G." "Crackerisms; A Sketch of the Florida Service." New York Spirit of the Times, 10.42 (19 December 1840): 499. [editors' note: the second part of this sketch describes a dance; the first an Indian massacre!]
"Yankee Doodle." "Yankee Doodle, Esq., in Arkansas." New York Spirit of the Times, 14.4 (23 March 1844): 37.