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!. HUNTS MERCHANTS MA0azfNE.
III a SAND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Al -
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BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
rINHE Number for December 1880 eomnleted the ten.
ENLARGED since il conn,sn volume The work has been
volume contains than seven ha,ys Is ~
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York. neatly and substantially bound tw dollars ana
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The following few Of the many commendatory let
tiers received by the editor OF the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen; l.il iS'I-11-
Letter from the Hon. Henry clay tab
ASHLAND, 10th July, Is49
Dear Sir: wish TO express to you the qualification
derived receiving the July number OF tho Merchant
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait In the beginning and from reading address
to your friends the end of it. When We feel under OBJ
legations 10 those who have contributed to informa
ton amusement naturally DESTROYS TO possess
all the knowledge Of them of their appearance Of the iea
lures OF their and Of the character and hab
its Of their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers lat least you have me- if may
not speak for them) under those oblgations and the
number Of your valuable work now before me- IN some
have become quito familiar with the Magazine and
Review and have hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that is eminenty entitled to the public regard
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
man. to the cutvator of the EARTH to the manufacturer,
to the Mariner in short TO all classes of the business and
reading community 80 -tvtt,ss,
Entertaining this opinion am glad been and
hope that it may continue to be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances OF my esteem and re-
gard j am truly your friend and obedent servant
Freeman Hunt, esq. H. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Ahlard Fillmore
at have read it (Merchants Magazne) with good
deal of attention, and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t of the valuable periodicals that
ever published. To the merchant 1t seems quite indis-
pensable, and to the statesman Of general nor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
OF useful facts and information, whchc be found
where well digesed and accessible in these
bers. only regret that do not own the whole work.
Letter from the Hon. Thomas H Benton, BY
WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1910.
Mr.. Freeman Hunt.-StT: i owe many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
izne and have found 1t in reality to be mdgasne and
that well repenished, of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while it instructs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine in the large accepation of the
term-merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments Of knowledge, ard
view of the state of the world into daily requison But
it is not the great merchant only but the of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operaonsthe
merchant of the interior asowlo will find this magazine
abound with the information the pursuit of his bus
and the elevation of the mercantile character
uires. Nor is its utility at all confined TO merchants, but
extends to the legislator and dplomatist and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
mysef j have found it useful in senate
carefully consulting It,
Very respectfully, sir, your obedent servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Wm H. Se,card
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
this extending country but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
mentN
am with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM Ill. SEWARD.
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