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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
"a "a AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. grETF
Establishxd- Jt.lv 1880. ~ - -


By FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
HE Number for December, $780, completed the twen-
g,nld ssmiannusl volume, The work has been
eargeo since It's In July, 1885, each
volume now contains than large
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York. neatly and substantially bound Tor two dollars ana
half per volume
The following are few OF the many commsnd.to ,s,
tiers received by the editor Of the Merchants
from distinguished statesmen: -
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay. oa,ssvfT
ASHLAND, 10th July, 1882
Dear SIR wish TO express to you the gratinesaion
derived receiving the July number Of the MsIrhSfts
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing YOUR
portrait the beginning and from reading your ADDRESS
70 your friends at the end Of When we feel Under D.
legations to those who have contributed to fba-
ton amusement we naturally DESTROYS T6Lsess
all the knowledge them, of their appearance, a
lures of their countenunce and OF the character nab
its Of their mind, which can acquire Piaced
your readers Cat least you have me hay
not speak for them) under those obigatons; and the
number of your valuable work before me- IA some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have aiuiei,
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review, and have hesitation In expressing my humble
opinion that u is emnenty entitled 20 the pu6c regard
and support collects and arranges In good ordff lrge
amount Of valuable statistical and other
highly useful not only to the merchant but 70 the states
TO the cutyator OF the earth to the manufacturer,
to the Mariner in Short to all classes Of the business and
reading community. 1#f sscafqvfI
Entertaining this opinion am glad that has been and
hope that 1t may continue to be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. H. CLAY. ="
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Malurd Fillmore.
"I.haye read it (Ierchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attention, and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant 1t seems quite indis
pensabe and to the statesman and man of general infer
nation almost equally desirable grand repository
Of useful facts and informaton which be found
where well digested and accessible in these
bers. only regret that do not the whole work."
Letter from, the Hon. Thomas IT Bcntos Brett
~ WAsH1NoToN CRY, April 20, ls4o.
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the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azne and have found it In reality be maqdsine and
that well repenished Of all the useful matter which tho
title would imply, and presented with q fullness and
clearness which delights while 1t nstrtcts III s in fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton of the
term-merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge, and
it is not the great merchant only, but the of more
modest but nevertheless of most useful operstionsthe
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit Of h busi
and the elevation Of the mercantile character
quires Nor is its utility at all confined nerchnts but
extends to the legislator and dplomast to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the natoh For
myself have found 1t most useful to me In my senator
rial abors and have been in the habit many years Of
carefully consulting 1T. 5E gg4gTssFfg
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
s7a THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. II. Ssscay0. n TtIEi
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants magazine
regard 1t Invaluable work for the OK 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 tt--qt EFU
/ am with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. WILLIAM II. SEWARD
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at I42
Fulton street. New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, and fur
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