Frolics and dances:

Anon."An Arkansas Lawyer." New York Spirit of the Times 7.10 (22 April 1837): 78-79.

"F.M." "On Marrin Widders." New York Spirit of the Times 14.4 (23 March 1844): 39.

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.

"Jo of Mississippi." "My First Frolic in College." Southern Literary Messenger 11.2 (February 1845): 109-112.

Phillips, Natt. "Wedding and Deer Hunt in Kentucky." New York Spirit of the Times 9.49 (8 February 1840): 583.

Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. "A Frontier Incident." New York Spirit of the Times 10.35 (31 October 1840): 409.

"Sugartail." "The Knob Dance." New York Spirit of the Times 15.23 (2 August 1845): 267.

"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!]