Thomas Jefferson: “In a government bottomed on the will of all the life and liberty of every individual citizen become interesting to all.”

$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 render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1808.

I have thought that the friendly dispositions of such a power might be advantageously cherished by a mission which should manifest our willingness to meet his good will.

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.