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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Z rs ith ExfablisIsd. JuIv 1889, "a &

@ Established, July, 1852
BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
TIIE Number for December, 1885, completed thetyen-
enlarged since its 10 July 1882 aud each
volume now contains more than seven hundred large oe
obtained the publishers oice l42 Fulton street New
York. neatly and substantially bound for two dollars and
q half per volume. .gsfS -asas9s IS AS .a5i,A
tiers received by the editor of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen; Asi4 4G3aaAsit
Letter from the Hon. Henry clay
l Ely H& ASHLAND, Goth July, 1S49.
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 our iporna
ton and amusement we are naturally dcsrous y
lures their countenance and Of the character and hub
its OF their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers Cat least you have me- # 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 hesitation In expressing hum bile
opinion that It Is emhenty entitled to the public regard
amount of valuable statistical and other information
highly useful not only 70 the merchant but to the states
to the cultivator of the EARTH to the anufhctrer
to the mariners in short to all classes Of the business and
reading community. &ls3 It'll a4f " tNNtl<5 E, NJ, n
hope that it may continue TO be- literally patroniscd
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
gard am truly your friend and obedient servant,
Freeman Hunt esq., @ N II. CLAY.
Extract Of a htte,. from Hon. Alard NHmore.s- \,
81 have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attention. and have hesitation saying that
think it one Of the most valuable periodicals that was
published. To the merchant 1t seems quite indis-
pcnsabe and to the statesman and man Of general infor
nation almost equally desirable II is grand repository
Of useful facts and information, which be found
where well dgested and accessible IN these num-
bers. only regret that LIDO mot own the whole work."
| Letter from The Hon. Thomas q. Benton, W rlr
srgtssss- .f4 WASHINGTON, CIvr, April 20, lS49.
Mr. Freeman Hunt-.Sr: X owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azne and have found it In reality to be ia0asie
title would imply, and presented with fulncss and
clearness which delights while it nstructs is in fnct,
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton of the
termmerchants who go between nations, whose large
view Of the state of the world into daily requstion But
it not the great merchant only but the of more
modest but nevertheless, of most useful 9perationshe
merchant Of the interior alsowho win find this magazine
to abound with the Information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation of the mercantile character
qures Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomas 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 of
| carefully consulting it. 81
Very respectfully, sir your obedient servant,
NSGI18 9Iaa THOMAS III. BENTON.
gS Lettey. from Hon. Vim. III sSssoayd.
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name
your list Of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the OF the govern
ment.
/ am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. 4
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