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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ttf
Established July 1889,


BY rREEhAH HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
'HE Number for December, 1885, completed the twen-
j. tythird semiannual volume. The work has been
volume contains seven hundred large oc-
tayo pages few complete sets Of Basnzins may be
obtained the publishers office, 142 Fulton street New
York. neatly and substantially bound for dollars ana
a half per volume ~ it 8A piR i9 vif.
The following are few Of the many commendatory lot
ers received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazins
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay.
ASHLAND 10th July, 1s49.
Dear Sir; wish to express 70 you the qualification
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning and from reading your address
TO your friends Mt the end of it, When we feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to infora-
ton and amusement naturally desirous 70 possess
all the knowledge Of them OF Their OF ae ie
lures OF their and Of the character ana hap
It's Of their mind which we acquire You nave placed
your numerous readers lat least you have me, may
not speak for them under those obligations and the
number OF your valuable work before me, in some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have alluded
Review and have hesitation IN expressing my humble
opinion that is emnenty entitled TO the public regard
amount Of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
to the mariner In short to all Glasses Of The business and
reading community. u
Entertaining this opinion glad has been, and
hope that 1t may continue to be- literally patronzed
Offering you cordial Of my esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Mllayd FILLMORE.
at have read 1T merchants Magazine) with good
deal Of attention. and have no hesitation in saying that
think it Of the most valuable periodicals that
ever published To the merchant 1t quite inds
pensabe and to the statesman and of general inor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
Of useful facts and nformation which can be found mo-
where well digested and accessible these
bers only regret that do own the whole work"
Letter from the Hon. Thomas II. Benton
WAsmNaToN CRY, April %, 1s49.
MIR. Freeman Hunt--Sr: owe you many thanks for
azine, and have found 1t in reality to be dgae and
that well repenshed of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with funess and
cearness which delights while it instrucs 1t Is fact,
erm-merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view Of the state of the world into daily requison. But
it is not the great merchant only, but the of more
modest, but nevertheless of most useful operationsthe
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
ness and the elevation Of the mercantile character
quires Nor Is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomas and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t most useful to in my senate
abors and have been in the habit many years Of
carefully consulting it.. g @
Very respectfully sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. III Se,card ~. laa
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list Of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration Of the govern
ment.
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H. SEWARD
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