phoebe warren, the fiancee of benjamin fogle, met henry. i one of the trips from troy to new york.as impressed with this service to everybody. and when her fiance came, benjamin mentioned he needed a new manager for the willard. she recommended henry. henry applied for the job and in 1847 moved to washington to manage the city hotel. henry to help a grand hotel to run on a grand plan for the city hotel. it had a beautiful main entrance with portico. it had a women's entrance for ladies of a 14 st that went to a private lounge on the mezzanine level forhe there was we.ertainment every night of the ning room for the ladies. the gentlemen, as were bathroom. henry had decided the hotel would be the finest in the city, and he wanted to provide the best food be found. and it was reported that one of his routines was to the hotel at 3 a.m. every morning to the markets to personally select the produce, fish and meats there, to be served at that time.politicians in the 1840s ad fifties were not professional politicians. congress did not meet round, so people who came to washington as politi