1To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 6 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
I do not perceive any appropriation from which Mr. Young’s account can be paid. The appropriation laws of 1802 & 1803 are in the following words “For salaries of the agents of the United States in London and Paris , expenses of prosecuting claims and appeals in the courts of Great Britain relative to captures of the vessels of the United States, and of defending American causes...