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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
q u n AND eOhihfKRCIAL REVIEW

BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDrron AND pnopHrpron


BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
NHE Number for December 1860, completed the TWEEN
IL Hty third semiannaal volume. The work has been
enlarged since is commencement in July 1884, and each
tayo pages few complete sets Or the Magazine may be
obtained at the publishers Office f42 Fulton street. New
York. neatly and substantially bound two dollars and
half per volume. {fs 8ft. s -.=.F.~
The following are few Of the many commsndatory let
ers received by the editor of the Merchants Magazine
from disting uikhed statesmen: s4 E
ata Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay
ASHLAND, 10th July 1S4g
Dear Sir: wish to express TO you the qualification
derived receiving the July number Of the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait In the beginning and from reading your address
to your friends at the end OF It, When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed TO inforna-
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS TO possess
all the knowledge Of them, OF their appearance OF the fe
their counenance and of the character and hab
its of their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me- II may
not speak for them) under those obgations ana the
number Of your valuable work before me- in some
degree satisfies the desire to which have alluded M
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review and have hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that it is emneny entitled to the public regard
support collects and arranges in good order large
amount of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only TO the merchant but 10 the states
man to the cuyator Of the earth to the
to the mariner IN short to all classes Of the business and
4 reading community. sr,e.s.a
Entertaining this opinion glad has BEEN and
hope that II may continue to be- literally patronzed
Offering you cordial of my esteem and re-
Freeman Hunt esq. H. CLAY
| Extract Of letter from Hon. 1Rlayd Fsllnaore.
az have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attention, and have hesitation in saying that
think IL OF the most valuable periodicals that
ever published. To the merchant it quite inds
pensabe, and to the statesman and of general nfor
nation almost equally desirable 1t grand repository
of useful facts and information which be found nos
where well digested and accessible these num-
beers. Iony regret that do not the whole work"
i Letter from the Hon. Thomas H. Benton g. 4
4 a 81. WASHINGTON Cry, April 20, 1849.
Mr. Freeman Hunt-&r: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had read the Merchants Mag
azne, and have found it in reality to Dagosi,,e and
that well replenished of all the matter which the
title would imply, and presented with funess and
clearness which delights while 1t instructs 1t is in
merchants magazine in the large acceptation of the
tern-merchants who go between nations whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge, and a
view of the state of the world into daily requision But
it is not the great merchant only but the more
modes but, nevertheless, of most useful operaonshe
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character re-
qures Nor its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomatist all who
charged with managing the affairs the nation For
myself have found it useful to in my senato-
rial labors and have been in the habit for many years
carefully consulting it. . aEssi ~ a.tr. (.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant
1871 .ss# a..u THOMAS III. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Nm. H ,Se,oard n &
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place my name ON
your list subscribers the Merchants MAGAZINE
regard it invaluable for the use Of al who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved In the administration of the govern
ment. 1.f-s -v n i-ss ... 49,, SE
! am, with great respect, your humble servant
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H., SEWARD,
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