Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-28
HUNTS MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE
F9Cf AND COMMERCIAL R8FIEW.
Establishsd, Jtsiy, 1889,

BIZ yRHzMAs HUNT, EDIroB AND Proprietor.
V,HE Number for December, 1850 completed the TWEEN
j. tythird seniAnnual volume The WORK has been
enlarged its IN July 1889, and each
volume contains more than seven hundred large 90
tsvo pages few complete ss ofshs Mssaans may Be
York. neatly and substantially bound fo TWO Qllsrs and
half per volume. --.-s1I
The following few Of the many commsndatory let
received by the editor Of the Merchants Magazine
from distinguished statesmen
Letter from he Hon. Henry Clay
ASHLAND, goth July, lS49.
Dear Sir wish to express TO you the qualification
derived receiving the July number Of the Merchants
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing your
to your friends al the end oft When we feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to our informA
Sn and amusement We are naturally DESTROYS TO possess
lures OF their countenance and Of the character and hsb
its Of their mind, which can acquire You have placed
your readers (at least you have me- II may
not speak for them under those obligations; and the
number of your valuable work now before me- in some
degree, satisfies the desre to which have alluded.
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
REVIEW, and have hesitation in expressing my humbls
opIlon snat smneny entitled to the public regard
amount Of valuable statistical and other information,
gny useiui mot only to the merchant but 70 the states
man 10 the cuyator OF the EARTH TO the Manufacturer
to the mariner In short to all classes Of the business and
Entertaining this opinion am glad thatthas been, and
hope that IL may continue to be- literally patronired
Offering you cordial assurances my esteem and 70.
gard, am truly your friend and obedient servant
Freeman Hunt, esq H. CLAY.
Extract Of letter from Hon. Altayd Fillmore
"I have read 1t GIercbants Magazine) with a good
deal of attention. and have hesitation In saying that
think 1t Of the most valuable periodicals that was
pubshed. To the merchant 1t seems quite indis-
pensabe and to the statesman and Of general nor
nation almost equally desirable. 1t Is grand repository
of useful facts and inormaton which be found
where well digested and 90 accessible as in these
bers only regret that do not the whole work"
Latsr from the Hon. Thomas IT. Benton.
WASHINGTON CIrY, April 20, 1910.
Mr. Freeman Hunt--ST: i owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
szne and have found 1t in reality to be magazine ana
that well replenished of all the useful matter which the
title would imply and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while 1t nsructs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine In the large acceptation of the.
term-mercbants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring departments Of knowledge and
view of the state of the world into daily reputation But
it Is not the great merchant only but the of more
modest but nevertheless, Of most useful operatonsthe
merchant of the interior alsowho will find this magazine
TO abound with the inform alton the pursuit of his bust
and the elevation OF the mercantile character
qures Nor is its utility at al confined to merchants but
extends the Legislator and pomatis and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found 1t most useful in my senate
rial abors and have been In the habit for many years of
carefully consulting 1t.
Very respectfully sir, your obedient servant
THOMAS il. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. I'm. II. ,ssiuard
Ny Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name on
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
regard 1t 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 FL. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at l42
Fulton street, New York, by FREEMAN HUNT and fur.
nisbed to subscribers for Five Dollars year advance
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