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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AMDtc0nMkkcIALK REVIEW. -ss-.----
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M FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
HE Number tor December, 1850 completed the twen-
j. ythird miannusl volume. The work has been
volume now contains more than hundred large
tsyo pages few complete sets Of the Magazine may DO
York neatly and substantially bound for dollars
half per volume
The following a of the many commendatory let
ers received by the editor OF the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from he Hon. Henry Clay
ASHLAND, 10th July, 1s48
Dear Sir; wish TO express 70 you the qualification
derived receiving the July number OF the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Ie,ew, ficn, viewing your
portrait in the beginning and from reading
your friends The end OF it, When feel unoei Oh
ations to those who have contributed Co cur iliorna
tien aud amusement we are naturally derour 70 era
al the know ledge tben Of then appearances OF theiea
lures ot their and OF the character nnu Lab
1T OF THEN mind which We can acquire You have red
nur numerous readers Cat east you have ME- may
not speak for them under those obll HtoEs anJ lie
number OF Your valuable work ieiore IN ME
'gee statistics the desire to which have alluded
nave hecone quite familiar with the Magazine and
eyiew md have no hesitation in resting NY tumble
opinion that II If enenty entitled To the pullir re ard
ndsupport Itcoecth and good ,trFe
mount 81 valuable statistical and other iiioi niaiion,
ghy useful MOI only TO the liant, but TO Tho
the Gu vator Of the eartl to the msnuiacturer
the mariner in short 70 all classes the and
Entertai,ne this opnion glad that has been and
'ors that il may continue 70 be- literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances OF my esteem and re-
Frseman Hunt . esq ~ A''' '''''e'' y II Ha' Clay.
| E1trda o. a LITTER t,nm Hon. Willard Fillmore
- have read il lSIerchants' Magazine) with good
zeal of attention, and have hesitation In aging that
| bink 1t one Of the most valuable periodicals that
yer published To the merchant il quite irdis.
ensabe. and to tile statesma general infor-
nation almost equally desirable. 1t il grand repository
useful acts and information. which lie found no
where well digested accessible as in these
hers. only regret that do not the whole work"
! Letter frmn he Hon. Thomas H. Bsno,
i an WASHINGTON CITY, April 20. ls49
! Mr.. Freeman Hunt.--Sr: owe you many thanks for
The opportunities have hud to read the sercEans Mag
zine and have found II in reality be n ana
that well repenshed of AL the useful matter While the
| title would imply and presented with fnlIness and
rearness which delights while il nsrutts II is In fact
u merchants magazine IN the large atreptaon OF tie
tern--neichaIs who 20 between nations. whose large
operations bring many OF know and n
view of the the world into duly reuuon Dut
1t is not the great merchant only. hut the of more
modest but. nevertheless OF most useful
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit. OF his fus
and the elevation of the nie atle character, re-
qiires MOI Is its utility all confined hut
extends to the legislator and dironatist all who
charged with managing the affairs OF the nation For
myself. have found most useful to In
rial lahors and have been in the habit for many years Of
| carefully consulting 1t. a III N-fsA'ts sA..hg4
/ r Very respectfully sir, your obedient servant
| 4 a. THOMAS II. BENTON.
/ Letter from Hon. Nm. II. Sewayd
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place INV name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t az al invaluable work for the OF all who
would understand not merely commercial operations i'm
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment. 'nai H7hE8Ha fE aift Josh a#a 49,
| am, with great respect your humble servant
Freeman Hunt. esq. WILLIAM H. SENAPD
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