Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton - For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail

Project Gutenberg's Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton, by Daniel DraytonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton For Four Years And Four Months A Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) InWashington JailAuthor: Daniel DraytonRelease Date: December 8, 2003 [EBook #10401]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PERSONAL MEMOIR OF DANIEL DRAYTON ***Produced by Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team[Illustration: Daniel Drayton]PERSONAL MEMOIR Of DANIEL DRAYTON,For Four Years And Four MonthsA PRISONER (FOR CHARITY'S SAKE) IN WASHINGTON JAILIncluding A Narrative Of TheVOYAGE AND CAPTURE OF THE SCHOONER PEARL.We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creatorwith certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.1855.Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1853, byDANIEL DRAYTON,In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District ofMassachusettsADVERTISEMENT.Considering the large share of the public attention which the case of the schooner Pearl attracted at the time of itsoccurrence, perhaps the following narrative of its origin, and ...