American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-11
BY YnxMAAH HUET. Ep1ToR AND PHoRknToH.

ny rHxAAAs HUNT, EDITOR AND pnoPRuToR
1HE Number for Deosmbor, 1850 completed tbs TWEEN
j. tythird somiannual volume. Tho work has been
enlarged since Its In Juy 1885, and sarh
volume contains than hundred large 90
pages few complete sets Of tho Magazine be
obtained the publishers ONCE, 142 Fulton street. New
York. neatly and substantially bound Tor two dollars and
half per volume. tasfes -esF st&
The following ara OF the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor OF the Merchants Msgazins
from distinguished statesmen: L+a
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay.
ASHLAND, 10th July, 1s49.
Dear sir wish to express to you the qualification
derived receiving the July number OF the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, nom viewing your
portrait In the beginning and from reading your address
your friends at the of it, When feel under OBJ
legations TO those who have contributed 20 our informal
ton and amusement naturally desrous q possess
all the knowledge OF them, of their appearance, Of the ea
lures Of their countenance and OF the character ana hab
its Of their mind, which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers lat least you have me, II may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and the
number OF your valuable work now 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 ina y ensnty entitled 70 the pubic regard
amount of valuable statistical and other infornaon
highly useful not only TO the merchant but to the states
the cutivator Of the EARTH TO the manufacturers
to the Mariner In short to all classes Of the business and
| reading community A3 Sgt, B at
hope that ii may continue to be, literally paronized.
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
Freeman Hunt esq. H. CLAY
Extract Of letter from, Hon. Aalard Fillmore.
~ have read it merchants Sagazine) with good
eal of attention, and have hesitation In saying that
hnk it Of the most valuable periodicals that
ever published. To the merchant 1t quite ndis-
pensable and to the statesman and Of general nfor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
useful facts and information, which be found
where SO well dgesed and accessible in these
oers only regret that do not own the whole work"
Letter from The Hon. Thomas II. Benton.
WASHINGTON Cry, April 20, 1s49.
Mr. freeman Hunt.---ihT. thanks
the opportunities have had to read the berchants Mag
tzne, and have found It In reality to be magazine and
that well replenished of all the useful matter which the
clearness which delights while it instructs is in fact
merchants magazine in the large accepation of the
termmerchants who go between nations whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge,
view of the state of the world daily requistion Lut
it is not the great merchant only but the one Of more
modest, but nevertheless, of most useful
merchant Of the interior asowho will this magazine
TO abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation Of the mercantile character
luires. Nor is its utility at 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 it me In my sepato-
carefully consulting 1t. 1900 II.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. VIM II. Se,oa7d. la
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
ment. ie. fI{s s4ts. X M faeGJa1 g ii fs.rt4
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. WILLIAM III. SEWARD.
The Merchants MagaSiae is published monthly at l42
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, and fur
nshed to subscribers for Five Dollars year. in advance
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