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From Hon Samuel Il Belts, u $ District JUG for ih
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From Hon Samuel Il Belts, u S District Jnl 3 for the
Southern District Of New York.
Il have received he Merchants Ma.azin" since its
establishments, AID regard !, az one OF The most valuable
publications OF the day. As register Of facts con-
nected with political economy AID industrial interests,
commercial, agricultural. and manufacturing 1t l., IN
my judgment, not cqrallcd by any work Of nssze AID
cost in iuness and accuracy, and lis collection OF ca
SEES and Doctrines IN relation 10 maritime law, will b.
found highly useful 10 professional men-oien furnish
ing American ami English cases OF great value, which
are not to be found i, any other publication. most
cheeriully recommend the work useful IN high de-
gree, to all professions studying the cu'ren history OF
The tines
From Hon Henry Clay, Ashland, Ky.
q have long known the great merits IF your inaga-
Zine, the useful and valuable of ali the publications
known 10 me, published in the United States
From the Hon Lew Woodbury., one oil the Justices OF
the u : Court.
81 have heretofore read most OF III. numbers of the
merchants magazine with much satisfaction aad al
vantage. II is exceedingly useful 10 tir politician and
scholar, as well as those engaged in commercial pnr.
suits, to have the useful statistical Information with
which il abounds, collected together aud presented Tor
their perisal sea-onaby'
From Hon John Macpherson Berrcn, Senator Of the L
from Georgia.
4 nave bcen for time past in possession OF the
several volumes aud numbers OF IT, merchants maya
zine, and IN the habit ofrisrrii % IT, can there
to,e unies,iaIngly say tina, CO.. ler IT very valna
bic addition TO the tary Of H." N,tcsman, as well US
the merchant, and express Il, -o,dialy the hope
that i, publication may be cont. "a with Increased
hcneut I, yourself as feel assure will be with adj
vantage 10 the public
From Hon Washington Hunt, meInb 4 congress from
New York.
u am gra'iied 10 learn from your letter that your
valuable magazine Continues TO receive liberal sur
port from the public. have Ions cunsdelea il one Of
the most useful publications. in the country. Indeed
It may be regarded as indispensable, no, only 10 the
statesman but 10 all who wish TO be well informed I.s
iectiug the commerce # The world, aud the rapid
growth aud Importance OF our own commercial IN
teiests. a work Of 50 much ineIes, and usefulness
ought TO have place IN every school district library IN
the UIed States. wish hy some such means II mi gh
be brought within The reach of every intelligent man
the couu,iy. am convinced that il has done much 10
lberaliLe aud nationaliZe the public mind, and hope
your circulation continue TO increase, until the pat
ronage ofthc work shall be equal 10 its merits
From Hon Edmund Burke Commissioner OF Patents
'''''When it first commenced thought its con-
tents resented rich treat, but fom that time TO the
present il has continued 10 improve in the variety
celence, and value OF the intellectual repa' 1t has
monthly set before It's readers. Although pfoleSscdy
de,o ted to the Interests that cntcrprisng and cnghlc
ell class of countrymen the merchants. il - mol more
valuable 10 ihon than IT l. to the statesman aud political
economist. know Of no work which equals II IN Tue
variety copousness, and accuracy oil the statistical III
formation which II contains, and which, in my view,
constitutes one Of its most valuable features Another
feature in the magazine which like very much, The
spirit OF free discussion which pervades lis pages You
act wisely in permitting all patiesto be heard upon the
mooted theories oitrae aud commerce, which involve
10 some exien, the great problem Of modern civilization
thus keeping open and free from ohsriic on, the only
direct avenue 10 truth
'Your publication is equally crehi'ahe TO the prriod
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hnnAant proof of the ability research and industry of
thrir authors In Short esteem the merchants mag
axine as second TO publication of the kind published
in thi any Other country