I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1807. Of the sum of $18,012 50, which remained unexpended at the close of the year 1806, $8,731 11 have been placed in the hands of the Attorney-General of the United States, to enable him to defray sundry expenses incident to the prosecution of Aaron Burr and his accomplices, for treasons and misdemeanors alleged to have been committed by them. And the unexpended balance of $9,275 39 is now carried, according to law, to the credit of the surplus fund.
TH. JEFFERSON.
January 8, 1808.
The Message and papers therein referred to were read.
Wednesday, January 13.
Mr. Franklin, from the State of North Carolina, attended.
Monday, February 1.
Claim of Thomas Paine.
The President communicated an address, signed Thomas Paine, stating his claim on the United States for services rendered during the Revolutionary war, and his title to remuneration. The address was read, and is as follows:
New York, January 21, 1808.