American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-06-07
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Erfablisbed J,JIy 1885,



BY FhEEmAs HUME EDlIoR AND PROPRIETOR.
liE Number for Decemher, 1850 completed the twen-
l. tythird semtannpai volume The work has been
enlarged since It's commencement in july 1882 ana eath
volume contains than seven hundred large
pages few completes sets ofths Magazine may be
obtained the ppblishers Office la2 fulton street. New
York. neatly Enthusiastically bound, two dollars and
half per volume. sG IF I8 a.M .-+
The following are few of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statement; # a aifr.
'a' Letter from the Hon. Henry clay.
ASHLAND, goth July, lS4o
Dear SIR wish to express to you the qualification I
derived receiving the July number of the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning and from reading your address
to your friends at the end OF it. When we feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to our nora
ton and amusement naturally desrous 10 possess
all the knowledge OF Them OF their appearance OF The e
of their countenance of the character and hab
its OF their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me, II may
not speak for thenl) under those obligations; and the
number of your valuable work before me, IN some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have alluded
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review, and have hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that Is emnently entitled to the public regard
and support 1t collects and in good order large
amount Of valuable statistical and other information
highly useful not only TO the merchant but to the states
to the cutvator of the earth, to the manufacturer,
TO the Mariner In short to all classes OF the business and
reading community. aH#2 saNRtt
Entertaining this opinion, glad that BEEN and
hope that II may continue to be, literally patronized.
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obcdient servant
Freeman hunt, esq. r".a H. CLAY.
Extract Of letter from Hon. Hiltdrd Fillmore.
81 have read 1t DIerchants' Magazine) with a good
deal of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think II Of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant it quite ndis
pensabe and to the statesman and of general infer
nation almost equally desirable. is grand repository
Of useful facts and information which be found no
where well digcsted and accessible in these
bers only regret that do not own the whole work."
Letter from the Hon. Thomas II. Benton
WASHINGTON Cry, April 90 1910.
MIR. Freeman Hunt--Sr: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azne and have found 1t in reality to be agag,e, and
that well repenished of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while 1t nstrucs 1t is in fact,
merchants magazine in the large acceptation of the
term-merchants who go between nations whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge, and
view of the state OF the world into daily requiston But
it is not the great merchant only but the of
modest, but nevertheless of most useful operaonsthe
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character
quires. Nor is its utility ut all confined to merchants hut
extends TO the legislator and dplomatst and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found Ii most useful to in senate
rial abors have been the habit many years of
carefully consulting It,
Very respectfully, sir, your obcdient servant
THOMAS H. BENTON.
a Letter from Hon. Wn,. III Ssoard.
NY Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t an invaluable work for the 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.
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am with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt esq WILLIAM III. SEWARD.
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