William Tappan Thompson's best-known works, Major Jones's Courtship (1843) and Major Jones's Sketches of Travel (1848), feature the fictional character Major Joseph Jones, a down-to-earth Georgia planter who wrote dialect letters about his courtship, rural life, and travels.

William Tappan Thompson

William Tappan Thompson's best-known works, Major Jones's Courtship (1843) and Major Jones's Sketches of Travel (1848), feature the fictional character Major Joseph Jones, a down-to-earth Georgia planter who wrote dialect letters about his courtship, rural life, and travels.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries