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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
81 AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. gFyTT,
EstabushSd J1ly, 1850, - A.-A ~
BY FREEMAN pn.roa Avn paop

By FREEMAN HUNT EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
HE Number for December, 1850, completed the TWEEN.
Il ysn i ssmiannual volume, The work has been
volume now contains seven hundred large
aso pages s. "A e ss:rpiste sets afths Asssdae 4y bs
York. neatly and substantially bound Tor two dollars ana
half per volume.
The following few Of the many commendatorv Let
tiers received by the editor Of the erchants Mssssna
from distinguished statesmen: e--TsT
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay. i5aezsvl
AsnIAsD, 10th July, 1880,
Dear Sir: wish 70 express to you the gratineMion
derived on receiving the July number of the Mefrats'
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing four
portrait in the beginning and from reading your
70 your friends at the end it. When we feel
legations to those who have contributed to our
ton and amusemen we are naturally DESTROYS psess
all the knowledge of them their appearance, bar
lures Of their countenance and OF the character nab
its Of their mind which We can ACQUIRE Tiaeed
not speak for them) under those obigations anu the
number of your valuable work now beore me ~ some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have aaied,n
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review and have no hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that it is emnently entitled to the public regard
support 1t collects and arranges good order large
amount of valuable statistical and other information,
man to the cutvator Of the earth to the Manufacture,
to the Mariner in short to all classes of the business and
reading community. III Nj 1888 IyrNs9yiE
Entertaining this opinion am glad thatit has been and
hope that 1t may continue to be, literally patronzed
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
gard am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. II. CLAY. -
Extract Of letter from Hon. Malurd Fillmore.
I.have read it Cderchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think it of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant II seems quite inds
pensabe and to the statesman and man Of general infer
nation almost equally desirable. IL grand repository
of useful facts and information which can be found
where well digested and accessible in these
bers. only regret that do not own the whole work.
Letter from the Hon. Thomas IT. Benton. aai&
a WASHINGTON CIrY, April 20, ls49.
Mr. freeman Hunt.-Sr: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to Merchants Mag
azne and have found it in reality to be mdgdsine and
that well repenished Of all the useful matter which tho
clearness which delights while 1t instructs 1t fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton ofs the
termmerchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring departments of knowledge and
view of the state of the world into daily requisiton But
it is not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest butt nevertheless of most useful operstons-the
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit Of hs bysi
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures. Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dplomatst and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t most useful to me in my senate
abors have been in the habit many years Of
carefully consulting it, E H0 4I4g& 9H
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
a.1.A'.f. THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. VIM III. Ss,0ard. 4 q sifGtF'
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness TO place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants magazine
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration Of the govern
ment. 80 EsW
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq., WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
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