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HUNTS MERCHANTS, MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW. sgE7
ExL4hIishsd y,lIg 1884 1870 "a

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, SoNy5 Aoosb aAs}. A.
BIZ EEEEMAH HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
1,HE Number for December, 1850 completed the TWEEN.
Il y-third semi,annpal y0lumes The work has been
enlarged since its IN July and each
tsvo pages few complete s sets II de may Be-
obtained at the publishers ONCE, 142 Fulton street New
half per volume. ---
The following few of the many oommendatory let.
ter received by the editor Of the Merchsnts Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon. Henry clay
ASHLAND, 10th July lS49.
Dear Sir; wish to express TO you the qualification
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait in the beginning and from reading address
to your friends at the end oft When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributor to inorms-
ton and amusement, naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge Of them, Of their appearance OF the e
lures OF their and OF the character and hab
Its OF their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers lat 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 Masazne and
opinion that is eminent entitled to the public regard
and support ltcoects and arrange in good order args
amount OF valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the states
man. to the cultyator Of the EARTH to the
reading community. la=6lW sEtf aga4
Entertaining this opinion, glad been, ana
Offering you cordial Of my esteem and 10
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant,
freeman Hunt, esq ft@ IL. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Miuard Fillmore,
~ have read it (Nlerchants' Magazne) with a good
deal of attention. and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t one Of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant IL quite ndis
pensabe and to the statesman and of general infor
nation almost equally desirable tits grand repository
facts and information which can be found no
where well digested and accessible in these
bers. only regret that do not own the whole work"
Letter from the Hon. Thomas H Benton.
WAsHINaroN CRY, April 20, 1s4o.
Mr.. Freeman Hunt.-Sr: owe you many thanks for
azne and have found II In reality to be magane and
that well repenished of all the useful matter which the
title would imply and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while it nsructs It Isl 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
it not the great merchant only, but the Of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operatonsthe
merchant of the interior asowho will 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 oil confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomats and TO all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t most useful to in senate
rial abors and have been in the habit for many years of
carefully consulting 1t. ..s A,+..r.. II. = -
Very respectfully sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. III. iSe,oard
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard invaluable work for the of all who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country but the fiscal and commercial
ment. "
am, with great respect, your humble servant
Freeman Hunt, esq WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at 142
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT and fur.
nished to subscribers for Five Dollars year. advance
NARA