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The narrative of Whiting Sweeting, who was executed at Albany, the 26th August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of New-York, at the July term, 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. ; 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 conversation with him.

Title:The narrative of Whiting Sweeting, who was executed at Albany, the 26th August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of New-York, at the July term, 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. ; 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 conversation with him.
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Note:[Lansingburgh, N.Y.] : Printed for Silvester Tiffany, Lansingburgh., [1791]
  
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Subject:Sweeting, Whiting, -1791
Subject:Quimby, Darius, -1791
Subject:Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- Albany
Subject:Executions and executioners -- New York (State) -- Albany
Subject:Murder -- New York (State) -- Stephentown
Subject:Poems -- 1791
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