American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-11-24
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Esss4bIishsd .ylsJu. l88o.

Establishsd judy, 1882
BIZ YRHEMAs HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TIVE Number for December, 1850, completed the TWEEN
enlarged since its in July 1882 and each
volume contains than hundred large
pages few complete sets OF the Magazine may DO
obtained at the publishers ONCE l42 Fulton street. New
York. neatly and substantially bound, for two dollars ana
a half per volume.
tiers received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay. 5
ASHLAND, Goth July, 1S4e.
derived receiving the July number Of the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait the beginning, and from reading address
to your friends at the Of It, When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed TO our Informal
ton and amusement are naturally desrous 70 possess
all the knowledge the of their appearance, OF the ea-
lures Of their counenance and OF the character and hab
its Of their mind which acquire You have placed
your readers (at least you have me, II may
not speak for them 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 it is emneny entitled to the public regard
amount of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
man. the cultvator of the EARTH the manufacurer
to the mariners in short to all classes Of the business and
reading community.
hope that it may continue to be- literally patronzed
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq II. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Mlard Fillmore. II
~ have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attentions and have hesitation in saying that
think it one Of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant 1t seems quite inds
pensabe, and to the statesman and Of general inor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
of useful facts and infomation which be found
where well dgested so accessible in these NUM-
bers only regret that do not own the whole work.
Letter from The Hon. Thomas r. Benton.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1849.
Mr. Freeman Hunt-Sir: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had TO read the Merchants Mag
azne have found it in reality to be magazine and
that well replenished, Of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while 1t insructs 1t is fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton of the
term-merchants who go between nations, whose large
view of the state of the world into daily requson But
it is not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operatonshe
merchant of the interior aso-who will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit Of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character re-
quires Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomatst and to all who
charged with managing the affairs Of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to in my senate
rial abors and have been in the habit for many years
Very respectfully, sir, your obedent servant,
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Nm II. Svard.
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name en-
your list Of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard it as an Invaluable work for the Of all 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
Freeman Hunt, ESQ '''p'' william H. sEWARp
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly at I42
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, and fur.
nished to subscribers for Five Dollars year. in advance
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