RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 13 May and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Lyon to the Public, dated Washington, D.C., 1 May 1803, encouraging proposals for a contract for carrying the mail in stage coaches from Richmond, Virginia, to Lexington, Kentucky, beginning on 1 Apr. 1804, and seeking “public spirited individuals” to subscribe and provide premiums to underwrite the contract (printed copy in same; unsigned). (2) Address to the Public, providing estimates for first-year expenses to establish a line of stage coaches, including the “capital necessary to be expended” and the “support for the line one year” for the sum of $21,610; also announcing a premium, to be paid by subscribers, to the person who shall establish the stage line within 15 months of the notice (broadside in same; undated).