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HUNTS MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
EstabliShsd Js.lv 1890
BY YnnrMAs HUNT, EDITOR AND FnorRIEroI


BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
HHE Number for December 1860, completed the twen-
Il ty-third semiannual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its commencement In July 1885, and each
volume now contains than hundred large
tavo few complete sets Of the Magazine may be
obtained at the publishers ONCE 142 Fulton street New
York, neatly and substantially bound for two dollars and
half per volume
The following few Of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay.
siAa ASHLAND Goth July, IS49.
Dear Sir; wish to express TO you the qualification
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning and from reading your address
To your friends at the end oft When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to informa
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge Of hem OF their Of the fea
lures their countenance and of the character and hab
its Of their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers (a least have me- If may
not speak for then) under those obligations; and the
number OF your valuable work before me, in
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 that ia einenty entitled to the public regard
amount Of valuable statistical and other inforaon
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
man. to the cutvator Of the EARTH TO the manufacturer,
to the Mariner in short to all classes Of the business and
reading community. sS- rt
Entertaining this opinion glad that it has BEEN and
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant
FREEMAN uunt, esq. H. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Muard Fillmore.
II have read 1t (Merchants' Magazine) with a good
deal of attention, and have hesitation saying that
think one of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant it seems quite ndis-
pensabe and to the statesman and of general nfor
nation almost equally desirable. 1t grand repository
Of useful facts and information which can be found
where well digested and accessible in these
bess only regret that do not the whole work"
III Letter from The Hon. Thomas II. Benton
WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1849.
MIR. Freeman Hunt-ST. oweyou many thanks for
azine, and have found it in reality to be magazine and
that well repenhed of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with o funess and
cearness which delights while it nBtructs 1t is in fact
term-merchants who go between nations whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view of the state Of the world into daily requison But
1t is not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest but, nevertheless Of most useful operationshs
merchant Of the interior alsowho viii find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures Nor its utility all confined merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomats and to all who
charged with managing the affairs Of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to in my senate
carefully consulting it.
Very respectfully, sir your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
s4saas Lette, iron, Hon. I'm. III. iSsauayd.
" My Dear SIR Have the goodness to place my on
your list of subscribers 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. &6- NNa Ha
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM ii. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at 142
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