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, instanced in his own conduct ... / written by himself, and published for the benefit of precious souls, at his particular and dying request.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791.

Contributor:

Carter, William.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Trials (Murder).

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

Executions and executioners.

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

Murder.

Quimby, Darius, d. 1791.

Quimby, Darius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 p.)

Other Title:

Narrative of Whiting Sweeting

Place of Publication:

Windham [Conn.] : Printed [by John Byrne] for Mr. James Huntington, 1797.

Notes:

"To which are added, an account of the behaviour of the unhappy sufferer, from his confinement to execution, and the substance of his address at the gallows. By one who had free access to, and frequent cenversation [sic] with him."

"According to Evans, Byrne was the only printer in Windham at this date."--Sabin.

"A short account of the life, conversation, parting advice and execution of Whiting Sweeting by William Carter."--P. 42-46.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 94053.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG00-B1400

OCLC:

367772790