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I HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Establisled y,sly 1889.

BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND Proprietor.
rT1HE Numbers for December $780, completed the TWEEN
u ty-third semiannual volume The work has been
volume contains than hundred large oc
pages. few complete sets OF the Magazine may be
obtained at the publishers oce l42 Fulton street. New
York, neatly and substantially bound for two dollars and
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The following are few Of the many commendatory let
received by the editor OF the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from TIC Hon, Henry clay. ~ IVA .sa
nt ASHLAND 10th July, lS4a,
Dear Sir wish e express 70 you Tie gratiteat,On
derived receiving the July number OF the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning and rom reading your address
legations those who have contributed to our intorma-
ton and ausenent naturally DESTROYS to possess
Al the q them Of Their q a the b iss
Its of their mind which acquire fon have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me- II nay
not speak for the) under those obigations and the
number Of your valuable work before me, in some
degree, satisfies the desire 70 which have alluded
Review and no hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that is eminenty entitled to the publicregord
and support coects and oranges in good order large
highly useful not only TO the merchant but to the states
TO the cultiyator Of the earth to the manufacturer,
to the mariner short TO all classes Of the business and
Enertainng this opinion, am glad that BEEN and
nV Sns You cordial Il ny Esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant
Freeman Hunt, esq ,af4 4s ysf F,srag{p II. CLAY.
.r Extract Of a letter from Hon. Miuard Fillmore
/ 81 have read it (Merchants Magazne) with good
deal of attention, and have hesitation in saying that
think it Of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant 1t quite iDdis-
pensable and to the statesman and of general nor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
of useful facts and information, which can be found
where well digesed and accessible in these
bers. only regret that do not the whole work."
Letter from the Hon. Thomas II. Benton. h MI
&. s4!a.s+3s tl WASHINGTON Cry, April 20, 1S49.
Mr.. Freeman Hunt.-Sir: owe you many thanks for
azne and have found i in reality TO DO adgasesand
that well repenished, Of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fnllness and
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, and
view Of the state Of into daily requstion But
it Is not the great merchant only but the Of more
modest but of most useful operaonsthe
merchant Of the interior who will find this mag
to abound with the information the pursuit or his bus
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qlires Nor Is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dpiomats and to all
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself lhaye found it useful me nv senate
abors have been the habit for many years Of
carefully consulting It,. tta 53 xxi stifs asAH
Sit II Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
@ asas tis. lj ssiH M THOMAS H. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Wm. II. Se,oard. . y
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 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 mi AZ .1ri2 t ts.
am, with great respect, your humble servant
Freeman Hunt esq. WILLIAM ii. SEWARD
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