Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . bywith a few short intervals, till his death, saying that some might think his chargeHe published the Collections of the State inconsistent with his duty to the KingHistorical Society (10 volumes); The who had just placed him on the bench;Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence,elc. He died in Madison, Wis., Aug. 26,1891. Drayton, Pekcival, naval officer; bornin South Carolina, Aug. 25, 1812; enteredthe navy as a midshipman in 1827; wagpromoted lieutenant in 1838; took part inthe
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . bywith a few short intervals, till his death, saying that some might think his chargeHe published the Collections of the State inconsistent with his duty to the KingHistorical Society (10 volumes); The who had just placed him on the bench;Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence,elc. He died in Madison, Wis., Aug. 26,1891. Drayton, Pekcival, naval officer; bornin South Carolina, Aug. 25, 1812; enteredthe navy as a midshipman in 1827; wagpromoted lieutenant in 1838; took part inthe Paraguay ? expedition in 1858; com-manded the monitor Passaic ir the bom-bardment of Fort McAllister, and Far-raguts flag - ship, the Hartford, iu thebattle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864; andafterwards became chief of the bureau ofnavigation. He died in Washington, D. 0.,Aug. 4, 1865. Drayton, William Henhy, statesman;born in Drayton Hall, S. C, in Septem-ber, 1742; educated in England, and onhis return he became a political 1771 he was appointed privy coun-cillor for the province of South Carolina,. WILLIAM HESRT DRAYTON. but, for my part, he said, in myjudicial character I know no master but but he soon espoused the cause of the the law. I am a servant, not to the King, patriots, and protested against the pro- but to the constitution; and, in my esti- ceedings of his colleagues. In 1774 he mation, I shall best discharge my duty addressed a pamphlet to the Continental as a good servant to the King and a trusty Congress, in which he stated the gi-iev- officer under the constitution v^hen I ances of the Americans, and drew up a boldly declare the laws to the people and bill of rights, and substantially marked instruct them in their civil rights. This out the line of conduct adopted by the charge, scattered broadcast by the press, Congress. He was appointed a judge in had a powerful influence in the colonies, 1774, but was suspended from the office and, with other patri
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