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HUNTS AERcHANTs' MAGAZINE
81 AND lo0hbdERcIAL REVIEW.

A3t0ookHo0 Julys 1859,
By YsnxnAS MONT, EDiToR IkAD lpaorRIEToR.
TIRE Number for December 1850 com psted ths TWEEN
j. ty-third ssmisnnual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its commencement in July 1880, and each
volume now contains more than seven hlndrsd large
tayo pages few complete sets Of the MsxAzine be
obtained at the publishers Office, l42 Fulton street New
York. neatly and substantially bound for two dollars ana
The following are few Of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon Henry Clay
r 1910 ASHLAND, goth July, 1849.
Dear Sir: wish to express " you the qualification
derived receiving the July number Of the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning, and reading your address
your friends at the end of When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to our informal
ton and amusement naturally desirous possess
all the knowledge Of them OF their appearance Of the ea
lures OF their countenance and OF the character and hab
its OF their mind, which acquire. You have placed
your readers lat least you have me, If may
not speak for them 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
nasew ana nave no hesitation IN expressing nay humble
and support 1t collects and arranpes good order large
amount OF valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only TO the merchant but TO the
man, to the cuyator of the EARTH manufacurer
TO the Mariner In short to all classes the and
Entertaining this opnon glad has BEEN and
hope that may continue 70 be, literally pstronized
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and re-
Freeman Hunt, esq. H. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon, Muard Fillmore.
81 have read 1t pierchants' Magazine) with good
deal Of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t one OF the most valuable periodicals that
ever published To the merchant it seems quite inds
pensabe and to the statesman and Of general
nation almost equally desirable. 1t il grand repository
OF useful facts and information, which be found
where well digested and accessible in these
bers only regret that do not own theswhoe work.
Letter from the Hon. Thomas IT. Benton II
, WARRINGTON Cry. Anr %. 1910
Dir. Freeman Hunt--ST: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, and have undt In reality to be na0gaxie and
that well repenshed of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
cearness which delights while it nstructs is in fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton Of the
term-merchants who between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge, and
view of the state of the world into daily requton But
1t is not the great merchant only but the Of more
modes but nevertheless, of most useful operationshe
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures Nor Its utility at all confined to merchants
extends to the legislator and dipomatis to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to in my
rial abors and have been in the habit for many Of
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
s@ THOMAS II. BENTON.
saaa Letter from Hon. Nm. III ISe,oard
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place nv 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 in
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment. ~Re lt 1 52a t.ts@gst4tif Ia
am, with great respect, your humble servant
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H. SEWARD
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