WASHINGTON, _December 7, 1840_.
Hon. R.M.T. HUNTER,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
SIR: I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in
relation to the navy pension fund, to which the attention of Congress is
invited, and recommend an immediate appropriation of $151,352.39 to meet
the payment of pensions becoming due on and after the 1st of January,
1841.