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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
ExfabIishsd .yslJu. 1880.

ASa0tsSaed Ju1y, 1908, ts4fs 8f
BIZ FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
NHE Number for December 1850, completed the TWEEN.
i ty-third semiannual volume The wo 9s mas been
enlarged since its In july 1889 and each
tayo 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
q half per volume.
The following are few of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen:
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay.
ASHLAND, 10th July, 1849.
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 the end of When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to inorma
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge Of them, of their appearance OF the ea
lures OF their and OF the ana nab
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 Magazine and
opinion that it is eminenty entitled to the public regard
and support coects and arranges in good order large
amount OF valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful only to the merchants but to the states
to the cultvator Of the EARTH the manufacturer
to the Mariner In short to all classes Of the business and
reading community.
Entertaining this opinion glad thatit has BEEN and
hope that may continue to be- literally patronized
Ere Freeman Hunt, ESQ, esq ~ ~ ' H. CLAY.
Extract Of a letter from Hon. MlIard Fillmore.
81 have read it (Merchants' Magazne) with good
deal of attention, and have hesitation in saying that
think 1t of the most valuable periodicals that
published. To the merchant it quite ndis
pensabe and to the statesman and of general nfor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
of useful facts and information which can be found mo-
where 50 well dgested and 50 accessible as IN these num-
bers only regret that do not own the whole work"
Letter from the Hon. Thomas H Benton,
.s.r WASHINGTON Cry April 20. 1910. s
Mr.. Freeman Hunt-Sir: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azine, and have found it in reality to be magazine and
that well repenshed of all the useful matter which tbs
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
cearness which delights while it nsructs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine in the large accepation of the
term-merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge,
view Of the state of the world into daily requison. But
1t is not the great merchant only, but the of
modest but nevertheless, of most useful operaonshe
merchant Of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation Of the mercantile character
quires Nor its utility at all confined merchants but
extends to the legislator and dipomats and all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found most useful to my senate
rial labors and have been in the habit for many years of
carefully consulting it.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedent servant,
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Vim. IL. Sesoard.
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard an invaluable work for the of all who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country but the fiscal and commerciaf
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment.
am, with great respect, your humble servant.
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine Is published monthly at I42
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT and fur.
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