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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
. E,yobJ;sIaJ ~. roon
BY Freeman HUNT rp,roR Az M u I, y,

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or FREEMAN HUNT EDITOR AND PRoPRIEToR.
nv Number Tor December, 1850 completed tbs TWEEN
ENLARGED st semi annual volume. The work has been
volume now e2preneement in July, 1882 and each
tayo pages s more than hundred large oe-
obtained Al tJ sets the Magazine may be
York. neatly and s,tls once, l42 Fulton street. New
half per volume Dound, Tor TWO dollars and
The following few OF the many eon,,a,,a...
ters received by the editor of the Merchant e
nom distinguished Statement NA""'' magazine
Letter from The Hon. Henry clan
ASHLAND, Goth July 1919
Dear Sir wish 70 express TO you the oratjaeation
derived on receiving the july numbar of he Msrh,,
Magazine and Commercial Review, nom yi.ssin ~
portrait in the beginning and from reading yonr
70 your friends at the end OF it, When We feel under Oh
legations 10 those who have contributed TO our infn
ton amusement we are naturally tiesrous 10 a
all the knowledge of them, of their appearance of the fen
lures OF their countenanee and of the and hh
ts Of their mind, which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers (at least have me- il NAV
not speak for hem) under those obligations; and the
number OF your valuable work before me- in some
degree satisfies the desire TO which have alluded.
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review and have no hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that Is eminenty entitled 10 the public regard
and support 1t collects arrange In good order large
amount OF valuable statistical other inormaton
highly useful not only 10 the merchant states
man. TO the cuityator OF the EARTH TO the manufacture
TO the mariner in short to all classes of the business and
reading community. aua asl U.t0. RI U.g
Entertaining this opinion, glad that il has been and
hope that IL may continue TO be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem re-
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. IL. CLAY.
| Extract Of a letter from Hon bEtlard Fillmore.
az have read 1t merchants Magazine) with a good
attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think it of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant 1t seems quite ndis
pensabe, the statesman and of general nfor-
nation almost equally desirable. 1t is grand repository
of useful facts and information, which be found
where well digested and accessible in these
bers only regret that do not own the whole work"
Lstter from the Hon. Thomas II. Benton.
| WASHINGTON CITY, April co. 1849.
Mr. Erapma IN UuDt - Mr. / owe won ms for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, have found in reality to be magazine, and
that well replenished of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
cearness which delights while it nsructs 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, and
view Of the state of the world into daily equston But
is not the great merchant only, but the of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operatonsthe
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
ness and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures. Nor its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dplomast and to all who
are charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found ii most useful in my senate
rial abor and have been in the habit for many years
carefully consulting it.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedent servant,
/ THOMAS H. BENTON.
| Letter from, Hon. Nm. H. Sc,card.
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard it invaluable work for the use OF all who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country, but the fiscal commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment.
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine 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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