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Darius Quimby

(Quimby, Darius, -1791)

Darius Quimby was an American police officer who is recognized as the first known law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in the United States. Constable Quimby worked for the Albany County Constable's Office of New York. He was killed on January 3, 1791. He may have been an unpaid peace officer. (From Wikipedia)

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A Remarkable Narrative of Whiting Sweeting, Who Was Executed at Albany, in the State of New-York, for Murder (Exeter, NH: H. Ranlet, 1793), contrib. by Whiting Sweeting and William Carter (page images at Cornell)
A Remarkable Narrative of Whiting Sweeting, Who Was Executed at Albany in the State of New York for Murder (second Exeter edition; Exeter, NH: H. Ranlet, 1794), contrib. by Whiting Sweeting and William Carter (page images at Cornell)
The Narrative of Whiting Sweeting, Who Was Executed at Albany, the Sixth of August, 1791 (Windham, CT: Printed for J. Huntongton, 1797), contrib. by Whiting Sweeting and William Carter (page images at Cornell)
The Narrative of Whiting Sweeting, Who Was Executed at Albany, the Sixth of August, 1791 (Hartford: Reprinted by Hudson and Goodwin, ca. 1797), contrib. by Whiting Sweeting and William Carter (page images at Cornell)

1 additional book about Darius Quimby in the extended shelves:

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. ([Lansingburgh, N.Y.] : Printed for Silvester Tiffany, Lansingburgh., [1791]), by Whiting Sweeting and William Carter (HTML at Evans TCP)

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