§ To William C. C. Claiborne. 28 February 1807, Department of State. “Your letter of the 22d. ult. enclosing your account for $200 dollars, as extra expenses in a public service to Atacapas & Opelousas, has been received. As it is without precedent & might prove inconvenient to allow to the Governors of Territories personal expenses within the limits of their government, I lose no time in intimating that the present charge cannot be passed to your credit.”