Thomas Jefferson: “I have thought that the friendly dispositions of such a power might be advantageously cherished by a mission which…”

$990 were paid to the order of Governor Williams on the same account.

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.

$2,000 were deposited in the hands of the Attorney-General of the United States to pay expenses incident to the prosecution of Aaron Burr and his accomplices for treason and misdemeanors alleged to have been committed by them.

I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.