Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-22
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
kstdJlishod Jzlv 1880.

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By FRHNMAE HUNT, EDIroE AND PROPRIETOR.
THE Number for December, 1850, completed the twen
u tythird semiannual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its n July lsSe each
volume now contains than hundred large
tayo pages few complete sets OF the Magazine may bs
obtained t the publishers oice l42 Fulton street New
York. neatly and substantially bound, for two dollars and
half per volume. sssi +
The following few Of the many commendatpry ist
ters received BY the editor Of ths Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen;
Letter from NE Hon. Henry clay.
ASHLAND, 10th July, 1849.
Dear s Esh to e s e yor the q
Magazine and Commercial Review from viewing your
portrait In the beginning and from reading your address
legations TO those who have contributed to informa
ton and amusement are naturally desrous to possess
lures Of their couptennee of character and nab
its OF their mind which we acquire You have placed
your numerous readers (at least you have me- If may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and the
number of your valuable work now before me- in some
degree satisfies the desire to which have alluded
have become quite f.niliar with the Magazine and
Review and have hesitation In expressing my humble
opd coa amd 70 .ne pa6c regard
amount of valuable statistical and other nformation
highly useful not only o the merchant but to the states
to the mariner in short TO all classes Of the business and
Entertaining this opinion, am glad been and
hope that it may continue to be, literally patronzed
Offering you cordial Of my esteem and re.
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
1 Freeman Hunt, esq. H. CLAY.
EXTRACT Of a letter from Hon. Mlla,d Fillmore.
81 have read 1t merchants Magazine) with q good
deal Of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t Of the most valuable periodicals that was
ever published To the merchant 1t seems quite inds
pensable and to the statesman and Of general nfor
nation almost equally desirable. grand repository
of useful facts and information which be found no
where 80 well dgesed and accessible in these mum.
bers only regret that do not own the whole work.
Letter from Ae Hon. Thomas II. Be,aon.
WAsHINeroN CITY, April 20, 1s49
MIR. Freeman Iiunt.--Sr. hanka
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, and have found 1t in reality to be aaogasire and
that well replenished Of all the useful matter which the
cearness which delights while 1t instructs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptaton Of the
termmerchants who 60 between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view of the state Of the world into daily requson But
1t Is not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operations-the
merchant OF the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bus
and the elevation of the mercantile character re-
qures Nor Is its utility at all confined merchants hut
extends to the legislator and dplomast and to all who
myself, have found 1t most useful to in my senate
rial abo and have been in the habit for many years Of
carefully consulting It, %ag
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Wm. II. Sssoard.
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place my name on
your list Of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t invaluable work for the use 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 poyern
ment.
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
The Merchants Mdgasine is published monthly, at 142
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT, and fur
nished to subscribers for Five Dollars year. advance
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