Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-26
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.


NJ YAxnHAS HUNT, EDIron AND PRoRxnrox.
THE Numbsr for December, 1850 completed tie twsa.
Il T-third semtannuAl volume. The work has been
volume now contains more than seven hundred large 90
tsvo pages few complete sets Of the Msgssne msy Do
York neatly and subsntsily bound for two dollars ana
half per volume. NJ teeRt Il ~ tla.s6itat1t
The following are few Of the many oommsndasoryl
ers received BY the editor Of the Merchants Magsxns
from distinguished statesmen: @
Letter from TIE Hon. Henry C5ay. M n
ASHLAND, 10th July, 184o. ~
@ T the Y u s
Magazine and Commercial Review, from viewing yoeE
portrait in the beginning and from reading your addr~
TO your friends at the end OF It. When feel under OBJ
legations to those who have contributed to informal
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge them their appearances, of the
their and Of the character and hab
Its Of their mind, which acquire. You have placed
not speak for them under those Obligations; ana Us
number your valuable work now before me, In some
degree, satisfies the desire 70 which have alluded
Review, and have hesitation in expressing my humbls
opinion that is eminenty entitled to the public regard
amount Of valuable statistical and other information,
highly useful not only to the MERCHANT but 70 the states
to the mariner in short to all classes Of the business and
reading community. ft a
Entertaining this opinion glad been, ana
Offering you cordial assurances Of my esteem and
freeman Hunt, esq. H. CLAY
Extract of letter from Hon. AlJard Nllmors. .
81 have read it (Merchants Magazine) with good
deal Of attention. and have no hesitation in saying that
think Of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant 1t seems quite indis-
pensabe and to the statesman and Of general nfo
nation almost equally desirable Is grand repository
of useful facts and information, which be found
where well dgesed and accessible in these mum
bers only regret that do not own the whole work."
Litter from The Hon. Thomas IT. Benton
WAsHrNaroN CRY, April 20, ls4o.
Mr.. freeman Hunt--isv: owe you many thanks for
azine, and have found 1t in reality to be n0gaae and
that well replenished Of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
cearness which delights while It instructs 1t is in fact
merchants magazine In the large acceptation 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 requison But
is not the great merchant only but the Of more
modest but nevertheless of most useful operaonsthe
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bus
and the elevation of the mercantile character re-
qures Nor Its utility at all confined to merchants hut
extends to the legislator and dpomatist and to all who
charged with managing the affairs Of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to my senate
rial abors have been In the habit many wears Of
carefully consulting It, VIE .f.'i 49, II
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
sa Eig. THOMAS II. BENTON.
yAaq Letter from Hon. Wn,. H. Seoard. Y
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 Of all who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country, but the fiscal commercial
questions involved in the administration Of the govern
ment. iyu 'yg. III ~ ss II sgrgs- r-g.sy-
am, with great respect, your humble servant
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM III. SEWARD.
The Merchants Magazine is published monthly, at I42
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nished to subscribers for Five Dollars year. In advance
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