Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-29
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
5s1 EstatIixlsod July, 1882
BY EREEMAH HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
FrHE Number for Dccember, 1850 completed ths twen
Il ty-thrd semfannual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its IN july 1885, each
volume contains than hundred large 90
tayo pages few complete sets OF the Magazine may be
obtained at te publshsrs Office l42 Fulton street. New
York, neatly and substantially bound for two dollars
a half per volume. Lfrsr4l8
The following few Of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor OF the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen;
Letter from ase Hon. Henry Clay,
tMU st4a#4 ASHLAND, Goth July, 18Ag.
Dear Sir; wish to express TO you the qualification
derived receiving the July number of the MerchAnt
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 feel under OBJ
legations TO those who have contributed to infoma
ton and amusement are naturally desrous to possess
all the knowledge OF them OF their appearance of the
tnres Of their countenance and Of the character and hab
its OF their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers (at least you have me- If may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and tho
number OF your valuable work now before me- in
degree satisfies the desire to which have alluded
nave become quite familiar with the Magazine and
haye M no hesitation in SSH my humb:
and support 1t collects and arranges good ORDER large
amount of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
to the culyator of the EARTH to the manufacturer
to the Mariner in short to all classes Of the business and
Entertaining this opinion glad that 1t has BEEN and
hope that it may continue to be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem re-
Freeman Hun Hunt, esq esq - - " H. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon, Aiuqyd FILLMORE.
'I have read 1t (Merchants Magazine) with good
deal of attentions and have hesitation in saying that
think it of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant it seems quite inds-
pensabe and to the statesman and of infor
nation almost equally desirable. 1t grand repository
Of useful facts and information, which be found
where well dgested and accessible in these
bers only regret that do mot own the whole work"
Letter from, the Hon, Thomas Il. Benton
ssa WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1849.
MIR. Freeman Hunt.-iSir; owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, and have found it In reality to be magazine, and
that well replenished OF all the useful matter which tho
title would imply, and presented with fulness and
cearness which delights while it instructs 1t is fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton of the
termmerchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view of the state of the world into daily reQuston But
it not the great merchant only but the of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operationsthe
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dplomast and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself, have found it most useful to in my senate
rial abor and have been in the habit for many years
carefully consulting 1t. #UlE .2 .EE
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Ha. H. Se,oard.
My 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
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment. .r NJ
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq n WILLIAM H. SEWARD
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at I42
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, fur
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