Allow me to introduce to your acquaintance, my young friend, Mr. E. H. Woodruff, who
desires the pleasure and honor of meeting you and exchanging a few words. Mr.
Woodruff is one of your many lovers connected with our loc.01336.002_large.jpg University, and I am sure it will
be a proud satisfaction to him to meet you.2
I remember with great pleasure my visit to you last March, when I was on my way home from Johns Hopkins Univy. I brought, you will remember, a letter from Howard Furness.
I expect to be in Philada on the 1st, 2d and 3d of April, and to visit Mr. Furness; loc.01336.003_large.jpg and I shall be
much pleased if I can have the opportunity of again meeting you.
Hoping that you are enjoying good health.
I am, my dear Sir, Very truly yours. Hiram CorsonWalt Whitman Esq.
Correspondent:
Hiram Corson (1828–1911) was
a scholar of English literature from Philadelphia, where he taught at Girard
College. While his studies focused mainly on canonical British texts
(Shakespeare, Chaucer, etc.), Corson would also give public readings of
Whitman's verse.