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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Ea1LIisbsd .JlJD 1870
Established, July, 1889,
BY PREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND r

ENttON~tcu,
BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VIE Number for December, 1850, completed the TWEEN.
u, y-third semiannual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its in july 1882 and each
tayo pages few complete sets OF the Magazine may be
obtained NJ the publishers ohce l42 Fulton street. New
York neatly and substantially bound dollars and
The following few OF the many commsndatory let
tiers received by the editor OF the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from he Hon Henry CLAY
ASHLAND, Goth July 1919.
Dear Sir: wish TO express 10 you the qualification
derived receiving the July number Of the Nerchants
Magazine and Commercial Review from viewing your
portrait in the beginning, and from reading your address
TO your friends at the end oft When feel under
legations those who have contributed TO our niorma-
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS possess
all the knowledge Of the OF their appearance Of the ea
lures Of their countenance aud Of the character and lab
its Of their mind which acquire. You have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me, II may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and the
number Of your valuable work before me, in some
degrees satisfies the desire to which have alluded
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
opinion that II is ennenty entitled TO the public regard
and support II collects and arrangcs in good order large
amount OF valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
man. to the cultyaor of the EARTH the manufacturer,
to the mariner In short to all the business and
reading community.
Entertaining this opinion glad that has been ana
hope that 1t may continue to be- literally patronzed
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. IL. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from lion. Wiloyd Fillmore.
al have read n (Mcrchants' Megazine) with a good
deal Of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think IL one OF the most valuable periodicals that
published. TO the merchant il seems quite indis-
pcnsable and TO the statesman and Of general infor-
nation almost equally desirable II Is grand repository
Of useful facts and information, which be found
where well dgested and accessible In these
bcrs only regret that do not the whole work"
Letter from The Hon. Thomas II. Bcnton,
WAN IDa
Mr.. Freeman Hunt--Sir: owe you many thanks for
The opportunities have Ind to read the Merchants Mag
azinc, and have found IL In reality TO be adgane
that well rcplenished Of all the useful matter which tho
title would imply, and presented with u fullness and
clearness which delights while it nsructs. is in fact
merchants magazine In the large acceptation of tho
term--merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments Of knowledge, and
view Of the state of the world into daily rcqusOn But
Is not the great merchant only but the of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operaonsthe
merchant OF the interior asowho will find ths
to abound with the information The pursuit of his bust
and the elevation Of the mercantile character
qures. Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomatist, all
are charged with managing the affairs of the nation. For
myself have found II most useful To in
rial abors and have been in tho habit for many years of
carefully consulting IT,
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant
THOMAS III. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. U5n. H. .SaOard
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t nm invaluable work for the use of all who
would understand 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 III. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine Is published monthly at I2
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