To Thomas Jefferson from Lewis Littlepage, 20 November 1801
From Lewis Littlepage
Rhodes Hotel Novbr. 20th. 1801.
Sir,
I am this moment arrived, and wish to know at what hour tomorrow you will condescend to see me.—
I have the honor to be with the highest respect,
Sir, your most obedient humble Servant—
Lewis Littlepage.
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson—President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from Washington on 20 Nov. and so recorded in SJL.
Rhodes Hotel: William Rhodes kept a hotel on F Street near 15th Street in Washington beginning in 1799. In 1801, Rhodes leased additional space at that intersection for a tavern ( , 1:313, 414, 517).