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Merchants Magazine and Cmmercia
III Review.

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E r. Established July, 1899,
Dy Freeman Hunt, Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY.
Al l42 Fulton Street .New York at Fipe Dol
lars per dnnuni, in Advance.
TIME MERCHANTS MAGAZINE AND COM
l. MERCIAL REVIEW will continue 20 include
IA IL design every subject connected with Commerce.
Manufactures, and Polite al economy, as--Ccmmer-
eiai legislation, commercial history AID geography;
eosSy e, GSy To% ' s
Affairs descriptive, statistical, and historical accounts
Of the various commodities which form the subject
Of mercantile transactoas port charge ,sr,ns, Gu"
The United Satos. aud the different countries OF line
world with which we have intercourse, including their
physical character, population productions exports,
imports seaports, money we,ghts, measures, hdnc.
and barking associations eute prses connected with
commerce, embracing fisheries, incorporated comPa-
MES, railroads, canals, STEAMBOATS,, docks, POS Offices,
Ne prucp,es Of commerce, finance and banking,
with practical aud historical dctas and ILLUSTRATE ons,
commercial law and mercantile law report d, and de-
cisions Of courts in the Unded s'ties and Europe
insurance partnership, principal and agent, bills oil ex-
change sale guaranty, bankruptcy, shipp,ns and nav
jea,,on &c and Whatever else shall tcud 10 develope
the resources oil the couatry and the world, AMI i'ihs
tra,e the various topics bearing upon commerce and
commercial l,e allure. and We may venture to say that
no work heretofore published embraces in It's pages so
large an amount OF information OF all these subjects,
III The nineteen volumes nov completed,
Our means o, enhancing the value VI the 'Merohahl''
Magazine and Commercial review are coGs'antly in.
cressng, aud with new sources OF IN lormation an eS-
taud,pg correspondence abroad, aud other facilities
which ten years devotion TO object have enabled
ne 10 make available, shall be able 10 render tic
work perfect raie meeam for the merchant, naSga
tor, and manufactured, As Tsii a. 10 ne a ,
deed all who desiie information "a the inuar ous
opeia tious of business lie.
Extracts from, letters udd ssscd 10 tie Eiitcr.
II & Digirict Ind ~ for thu
Southern District Of New York.
Il have received the 'Mercbanis' Magazine since it,
establishment and tegad as one OF the most valuable
qualification OF the day. As register oil facts con
nected with political economy aud industrial interests
eommcrc al agricultural, and manufacturing II -, II
nv Judgment not equal!sd by my work of ITS size arc
cost ullness aud accuracy, and s collection OF ca
,es and DOCTRINES in relation TO maritime law, viii b.
found highly useful 10 professional lnen--ofcn iurnsh
ing American and English cases oil great value, whcl
sre not to BE- found il any other publication. mos
eheerruy recommend the work useful in high dc
gree all professions studying the current history
lie tines
From Hon Henry Clay, Ashland, Ky.
Il have loug known the great merits Ell your maya
zine The most useful and valuable oi all the publication
known 10 me. publ shed in the Unted states
From the Hon lew WOODBURY., one oil tne Justices o
The L Cont.
81 have t.reioloc read most oi tn. Numbers oi III
m, .chait.' magazine wth nuci sat,-ilc'Ion ANA al
vantage. ii, exceedingly nelh 10 'h' ro''''ca, an
scholar, as we'll as those engasHd III COMMERCIAL pun
suits, to have the useful statistical Information WI
which it aboun,s, collected together and presented {,
their pcrsai -easona5iy.' So
From llol joan u cPicr-on Bcri'n, senator oil ''e
tom Georgia.
Il haze been, for some tine past IN possession oil VI
several volumes and numbers ol the merchants mag
zine, and in the habit of referring 10 IT, can 'hcr
foe unhe sitan.ly say, that consider IT very vald
BILE addition TO the Library OF the s'a'e'nnn, as wen
the merchant, aud express, as do co'd'ay me mol
that its publication may be coiinmfd WIN ihct, -
benefit 70 yourself as Tel assured 3" VI" '' win '
vantage 10 the pubc.'
From Hon Washington Hunt men cr OF congress lfol
New York.
Il am gratied TO learn from M letter iha, yo,
valuable magazine continues TO ,fe''e liberal sur
pol. from the public have long considered ii one
the most us.fn! publications in the country. ind,e
1t may be regarded indispensable, not only TO til
statesman but 10 ell who wish 10 be well informed res
iec'ug the commerc" Of the world, ana 'he 'apl
grown and vast Importance OF our own commercial II
tcfcst3. 4 work Of so much utelest and u,elnIhes
ought to have place in every school district library
the United States. wish by some such means mi g
be brought within the reach Of every Intelligent man
TIE county. | am convinced tina, IT has done much
lib.ralize and nelonai4e the public mud, and hop
your circulation may continue TO increase, until the "a
rouags oflho work shall be equa. 10 lis merits
From Hon Edmund Dugsc, Commissioner Of Patent
''When it first commenced thought its con
tents resented rich treat, but nom that iihe 10 u
present II has continued TO improve III The varie,y,n
cellence, and value Of the intellectual rePa'l II ~
monthly sci before its readers. Although proiessed
devoted 10 the interests that eneGpiisng and ctlgh'c
ed class OF merchants, ~ no, mo
valuable to HON than II Is TO the statesman ami polite
economist. ] know OF no work which equals II IN Il
variety, copousness, and accuracy of the statistical
formation which II contains and which, in my ,ic'
constitutes OF lis most valuable features. Anoth
feature in the magazine which like very much, II
splrit Of free discussion which perry AIDES it, pages. W
act wisely in permitting all parties 10 be heard upon n
mooted theories oftraie and commerce, which invo
10 some ex,en, the great problem OF modem cvi'za't
thus Keeping open aud free from Obstruction, the onl
direct Venue TO truth
.Yonr publication IS equally cred,abe 10 The period
calliteraure ofthe day. lis leading articles exhibit
bunaant proof Of the ability, research and industry
their authors. In short, esteem the merchants ma
aaine second to no publication 9th kind publish,
in this orany other country