American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-19
jHUNrH MERCHANTS MA6AzlEB
AND 60MMERbIAL REVIEW.

MENl 4.
BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THE Number for December 1850, completed III, twen-
Il Vthird semtannnai volume. Tia work has been
soa%s noa son1s 2Sls $ Y g Ss and each
tayo pages few complete sets Of the Magazine may be
York noatly and substantially bound for two dollar sDs
q half per volume. .AA4LIrnG
The following few Of the many commendatOry let
ters received by the editor Of the Merchsnt Magazine
M Letter from the Hon Htsa,y oTay.a5 t..s
AsHnArD, 10th. July, le4p
gssE s EsS to 10 ssp as
Magaxne and Commercial Review, from viewing Your
portrait in tho beginning, and from reading your address
to your friends at the end OF It, When feel under
legations those who have contributed TO informs-
ton amusement naturally DESTROYS 70 possess
csc hsr and Of hsS
Its OF their mind which can acquire have placed
not speak for them under those oblIeatons and the
number Of your valuable work now before mes In some
degree satisfies the desire to which 1 have alluded,
Review and have hesitation In expressing my humble
opinion thatit Is emneny entitled to the public regard
amount Of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only the hut ID the states
to the mariner in short to all classes Of the busnsss and
reading community. 1870,
Entertaining this opinion glad that BEEN and
Offering you cordial assurances o. my esteem and TO
gard am truly truly your friend and oDsdient ssFsapt
II 1.I4 u f55
Entrdct Of a letter from Hon. Mlayd Fagm0c.
81 have read it Nferchants' Magaxine) with good
deal Of attention, and have hesitation in saying tat
think II Of the most valuable periodicals that
ever published. To the merchant IL quite fhds-
pensabe, and to the statesman and Of general Ifor
nation almost equally desirable. 1t grand repository
of useful facts and information, which fond
where well digested and accessible these
bers only regret that do not own the whole work."
Latter from the Hon. Thomas III Bc,upn jlfl.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 70, 1S4p.
Mr.
azine and have found 1t in reality to be dgasie and
that well repensed of all the useful which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
cearness which delights while 1t nstructs 1t
merchants magazine in the large acceptatoH Of the
erm--merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view Of the state of the world into daily requon But
1t is not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest, but nevertheless of most useful Opernti0nBthe
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazne
to abound with the Information the pursuit of his bust
quires Nor Is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipoma and to an who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t useful to in my
carefully consulting It. 4qslM lnnw
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. a. ,Sssca,d.
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 Administrations Of the govern
ment. #H
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H. SEWARD
The Merchants Magazine Is published monthly, at l42
Fulton street. New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, and fur
nished to subscribers for Five Dollars year. In advance
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