Thomas Jefferson: “I know that the acquisition of Louisiana had been disapproved by some from a candid apprehension that the enlargement of…”

The balance of $17,010 remains in the Treasury unexpended.

I transmit to Congress a letter recently received from our minister at the Court of St. James, covering one to him from the British secretary of state, with his reply.

His high station and the relations of Russia to the predominant powers of Europe must give him weight with them according to the vicissitudes of the war.

When the documents concerning the relations between the United States and Great Britain were laid before Congress at the commencement of the session, the answer of Mr. Pinkney to the letter of Mr. Canning had not been received.