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HUNTS MERCHANpSaa MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
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BY IRzxhAs HUNT, EpIToR AHD PRoPAnroA.
FyHE Number for December 1900 completed the TWEEN.
i tythird semiannual volume. The work has been
enlarged since commencement In july 1882 and each
volume contains than seven hundred large
tavo pages few complete OF the Magazine may be
obtained the publishers office, 142 Fulton street New
York neatly and substantially bound for two dollars and
half per volume. -
The following are few Of the many eommendatory let
tss received by the editor Of the Merchants MAazins
from distinguished statesmen: ~ $500. 1890
Letter from tie Hon. Henry clay. ~
ASHLAND, 10th July, lS4s.
Dear Sir: wish to express to you the grat6cstion
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 at the end oft When we feel under OBJ
legations 10 those who have contributed to informs
ton and amusement naturally DESTROYS to possess
all the knowledge Of them, Of their appearance of the es
lures Of their and Of the character and hab
its Of their mind which acquire You have placed
your readers lat least you have me, may
not speak for them under those obligations; and the
number Of your valuable work now before me, in some
degree, satisfies the desire to which have alluded
have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
opinion that is einsnty entitled to the public regard
collects and arranges in good ORDER
highly not only to the merchant but to the states
man to the culvator of the EARTH the maDufacturer
to the Mariner IN short to all classes of the business and
Entertaining this opinion am glad has been, ana
hope that It may continue to be, literally patronizsd
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and
gard, am truly your friend and obedent servant,
Freeman Hunt esq. 1 aasa ii. CLAY.
Extract of a letter iron, Hon Aqllard Fulmore.
~ have read 1t (Merchants' Magazine) with good
deal Of attention. and have hesitation in saying
think of the most valuable periodicals that
published To the merchant it seems quite indie
pensabe and to the statesman and of general nor
nation almost equally desirable 1t is grand repository
of useful facts and information which be found mo-
where well dgested accessible In these
bers only regret that do not own the whole work"
Letter from the Hon. Thomas II. Benton.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1840.
Mr. Freeman Hunt-,Sr: owe you many thanks for
the opportunities have had to read the Merchants Mag
azne, and have found it in reality to be ma0arn and
that well replenished of all the useful matter which ths
title would imply, and presented with fullness and
clearness which delights while it instructs It 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,
view of the state Of the world into daily requion But
1t is not the great merchant only but the Of
modest but nevertheless of most useful operaonsths
merchant of the interior asowho will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his bust
ness and the elevation Of the mercantile character
qures Nor is its utility at oil confined to merchants but
extends to the legislator and dpomatst and to all who
charged with managing the affairs of the nation For
myself have found it most useful to in my
rial abors 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. H. Seward
My Dear Sir Have the goodness to place my name On
your list of subscribers for the Merchants Magazine
would understand not merely mercia operations In
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved In the administration of the govern
ment. E
am, with great respect your humble servant,
The Merchant Magazine published monthly, at 142
nshed to subscribers for Five Dollars year. in advance
MARIA