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[Illustration: Daniel Drayton]
PERSONAL MEMOIR Of DANIEL DRAYTON,
For Four Years And Four Months
A PRISONER (FOR CHARITY'S SAKE) IN WASHINGTON JAIL
Including A Narrative Of The
VOYAGE 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 Creator with 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, by
DANIEL DRAYTON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts