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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Established, July, 1899,


BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TIVE Number for December $780, completed the TWEEN.
i ty-third senli-annual volume. The work has been
enlarged since its commencement In July 1882 and each
volume contains than hundred large oc-
pages few complete sets of the Magazine may be
obtained at the publishers Office 142 Fulton street. New
York. neatly and substantially bound, for two dollars and
half per volume. tfh5f a
The following are few Of the many commendnory let
received by the editor of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from He Hon. Henry Clay
ASHLAND, Doth July, 1s4o
Dear Sir: j 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 oft When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to inorma-
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge of them ofher appearance, of the a
lures their countenance and Of the character and ba
It's Of their mind, which can acquire You have placed
your readers (a least you have me, If may
speak for them under those obligatioDs and the
number your valuable work before me, In some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have alluded
have become quito familiar with The MAGAZINE and
Review and have hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that 1t y emnenty entitled to the public regard
and support IL collects and arrange in good order large
amount Of valuable statistical and other Information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but 10 the states
to the cultvaor OF the earh TO the manufacturer
20 the marncr In short 10 oil classes Of tho business and
reading community. t
Entertnng this opinion am glad that 1T hus been and
hope that Il continue 10 be, literally patronized
Offering you cordial assurances my esteem and re-
gard, am truly your friend and obcdent servant.
Freeman Hunt, cstl. III, CLAY.
Erttact qf lcter fran Han Mliard Fillmore
81 have read 1t (NTerchants' Maga1ine) with good
deal of attention. and have hcsston in saying that
think Of the most valuable periodicals that wa
ever published To the merchant IL quite int 's
pensabe aud to the statesman and man of general info
nation almost equally desirable. II is grand repository
Of useful facts and information, which DO found
where well digcsted and accessible in these mum
bcrs only regret that do not the whole work"
Letter from, he HIM TbO1a1s III Boyton
WASHINGTON CrrY, April 20, 1s49
Mr.. Freeman Hunt.--Sr: 7 owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, and have found It In reality to be mogope and
that well replenhed Of al the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fllness and
cearness which delights while il structs 1t is In fact
merchants magazine in the large acceptation Of the
term-merchents who go between nations whose large
view Of the state Of the world into daily requison But
IL not the great merchant only, but the one Of more
modest but, nevertheless Of most useful operations the
merchant Of the interior alsoyho win find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation OF the mercantile character re-
qurcs Nor Is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dplomast and ID all who
are charged with managing the affairs Of the nation For
myself have found II most useful TO In my senate
rial abos and have been In the habit for many years
carefully consulting II.
! Very respectfully, sir, your obedent servant
| THOMAS H. BENTON.
Litter from Hon Nm IT. S,oard
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 govern
| ment. t- tstsitU 5et
! ! am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq, WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
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