The narrative of Whiting Sweeting : who was executed at Albany the 26th of August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of Judicature of the state of New-York, at the July term, 1791, for the murder of Darius Quimby, the substance of the charge of his honor the chief-justice to the jury, with the sentence of death on the prisoner-- an address to the public, on the fatal consequences of a life spent in sin, instances in his own conduct--setting forth the great necessity of remembering our Creator in the days of our youth, and practising religion and virtue in our whole lives--with an address to his parents, brothers and sisters, wife and children, and many others; : also a brief account of him by William Carter, from his first confinement till the time of execution.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweeting, Whiting, -1791, author.

Contributor:

Carter, William, active 1791.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 24836.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quimby, Darius, -1791.

Quimby, Darius.

Trials (Murder)--New York (State)--Albany.

Trials (Murder).

Executions and executioners--New York (State)--Albany.

Executions and executioners.

Murder--New York (State)--Stephentown.

Murder.

New York (State)--Stephentown.

New York (State)--Albany.

Genre:

Poems -- 1792.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Re-printed by Daniel Lawrence, and sold by most of the booksellers in the city., M.DCC.XCII. [1792]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 24836).

Cited in:

Evans 24836

McDade, T.M. Murder, 960

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