Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-28
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
gssi Establslted, July, 1889, st,.

BY yBEHMAs HUNT, EDITOR AND PRopnIEToR.
HE Number for December, 1850, complstsd the tys
ty-third semi annual volume The work has been
enlarged since Its commencement In July 1880 and each
volume contains than hundred large oc-
tavo pages few complete sets Of the Magazine may bs
obtained ut the publishers Office, l42 Fulton street New
York. neatly and substantially bound for two dollars and
q half per volume. tt4t@t t't
The following are few OF the many commendatory let
tiers received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
a,rl e Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay. 4, < st,.,5
Jl HHA H@ ASHLAND, 10th July, IS49. suti
Dear Sir; wish to express to you the qualification
derived receiving the July number OF the Merchsnt
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
portrait In the beginning and from reading your address
70 your nenas ~ .he eno o. a We ~, on
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge Of them, Of their appearance, Of the
lures Of their counenancs and of the character and hab
Its Of their mind which acquire You have placed
your numerous readers Gut least you have me, may
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 my humbs
opinion that is einenty entitled to the public regard
support 1t collects and arranges good order large
amount of valuable statistical and other information.
highly useful not only to the merchant but to the
man. to the culyator Of the EARTH to the manufacturer,
to the mariner in short to all classes Of the business and
Entertaining this opinion am glad thatit has BEEN and
hope that 1t may continue to be, literally patronzed
Offering you cordial of my esteem and ~
FRI freeman Hunt esq - - ~ II. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. Ailard Fillmore a "
~ have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with good
deal of attention. and have no hesitation In saying that
think 1t one Of the most valuable periodicals that
ever published To the merchant 1t quite inds
pensabe and to the statesman and general inor
nation almost equally desirable 1t grand repository
Of useful facts and information, which can be found
where well digested and accessible these num-
bers only regret that do not the whole work.
x Letter from Tie Hon. Thomas H Benton. 1 ..1
3ls " WASHINGTON Cry April 20. 1870 II
Mr.. Freeman Hunt--Sir: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mar
azine and have found 1t in reality to be saaodze ana
that well repenhed, Of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with funess ana
cearness which delights while 1t instrucs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine in the large aeceptation Of the
term-merchants who go between nations whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge and
view of the state of the world into daily requistion u
1t is not the great merchant only but the of more
modest butt nevertheless of most useful operationshe
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 re-
quires Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dplomats and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t most useful to in my senate.
rial abors and have been in the habit for many years o.
carefully consulting 1t. 34 s. 41 NJ FtY '5lIT7lI..,
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, 0ql
THOMAS II. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. Il. &,vard
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name On
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t as an 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
am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM II. SEWARD
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