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By fREEMAn HUNT, EDITOR AND PRoPHIEToR
TNHE Number for psssnbss 1850, completed the TWEEN
enlarged since its In Jaiy isse and sseh
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The foi,ownT are few Of the MANY
ters received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statssmeni An g.lip 4ss.sT
shHafd Il Letter from tha Hon. Henry Clay -
nshlna42 40 or iiiv 2aai AslIID, 10th July, 1870
Dear Sir wish to express you tbs qualification
derived receiving the July number OF the erchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing y6nr
portrait In the beginnings and from reading your Addxess
10 your friends at the end OF When feel under OBJ
hgationsto those who have contributed to our hfors
ton and wearo naturai desrons to Possess
OF their countensnce and of the character and hab
its Of their mind, which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me- AZ may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and the
number ofyour valuable work now before me- insoine
degree satisfies the desire to which III
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review, and have no hestation In expressing my humble
and support 1t collects good order large
amount Of valuable statistical and other Indignation,
highly useful mot only p the merchants but s states
to the marner n short to all classes Of the business and
reading community. rea~q,L b Il
hope that 1t may continue to be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
aEd am T your friend and 0beent servant Y,
~ Ezaract of a letter from, Hon. Mlard Fulnors r
81 have read 1t (Merchants' Magazne) with y good
deal OF attentions and have hesitation in saying that
hnk IL one Of the most valuable periodicals. that
ever pubished To the merchant II quite indis-
pensable, and to the statesman and of general hor
nation almost equally desirable TITS grand repository
Of useful facts and informaton which can be- found no.
where well dgesed and accessible as ia these mum.
bers only regret that do not the whole work.
W II Letter from ne Hon. Thomas II. Bento,,s 6,s 4
. u -e-az WASHINGTON CrrY, April 20, l849.
RrpQm Mr. Toxva
the opportunities have had read the Merchants Mag
azne and have found 1t In reality to be nd0azse and
that well replenished, of all the useful matter cb the
title would imply, and presented with afullness and
clearness which delights while it instructs 1t is in fact
merhantS magazine in the large accepationy of the
termmerchants who 60 between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments Of knowledge, and
is not the great merchant only but the one Of more
modest, but nevertheless, most useful
merchant Of the Interior win find this magazine
abound with the information the pursuit Of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character re.
quire Nor Is its utility at all confined to merchants, but
extends to the legislator and dploatst and to all who
charged with managing the affairs Of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to In my senate
aorsr and have been in the habit for many years Of
carefully consulting it, i,. 93 asi,rr w tg
alaqnyerY respectfully, sir, your obedient servant m
alaee oirseic-lw ef THOMAS H. BENTON. !
Letter from Hon. Wm H Se,oard
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard It Invaluable work for the use OF all who
would understand not merely commercial Operations in
this extending country but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved In the administration of the govern
ment Z = - ne9--'~anfb
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. WILLIAM H SEWARD.
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