Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-23
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE.
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW

IL - ~ - -hJbI.l INN - H-IfTHZIAE.
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
BY FREEMAN HUNT, EDIsoR AND PROPRIETOR
A FEW complete sets of this Magazine may
n be obtained at the publishers Office l42
Fulton street, New York. neatly and substan-
tally bound, for two dollars and half per
volume. The following are few of the com
mandatory letters received by the editor FROM
distinguished statesmen:
Letter from Hon. Hrnrg Ckay
ASHLAND. 10th July. 1912.
DEAR SIR : wish to express TO you the graf
iicatlon | derived on receiving the July num-
Der of tie Merchants Magazine and CONNER
ciai Review from viewing yoG- Portrait in the
beginning. and from reading your address TO
your friends at the end of il When we feel
| under obligations 10 those who Lave contrib
uted to our information ard amusement. We
are naturally DESTROYS TO possess knowledge
OF them. of their appearance. Of the features
OF their count enance. and of the character and
habits Of their mind. which We can acquire
You have placed your numerous readers tat
least you have me. If NAV 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 al
luded. 1 have become quite familiar with the
Magazine ard Review. and have no hesitatior
in expressing my hun. Bile opinion that it sem
inently entitled 10 the public regard and sup
port. 1t collects and arranges in good order
large amount of valuable statistical an
| other information. highly useful not only e
the merchant. but to the statesman. TO the cub
tivator of the earth, to the manufacturer. T.
the mariner, in short to all classes Of the tr
siness and reading community.
Entertaining this opinion. | am glad thatit
| has been. and hope that il may continue TO be,
| literally patronized Offering you cordial a.
surances of my esteem ard regard am truly
your friend and obedient servant.
Freeman Hunt. esq. IL. CLAY.
Extract of Letter from 1Ttilard FIkImor,
Il have read it merchants Magazine) with
good deal of attention. and have 10 Iesita-
ton in saying that L think it one of the mott
| valuable periodicals that was ever published
To the merchant ii seems quite indispensable,
and 10 the statesman and man of general in
formation almost equally desirable 1t Is Il
grand repository of useful facts and infsrna-
ton, which can be found nowhere so well d.
gested and so accessible a. in these numbers
l only regret that do not own the "ork
Letter from the Hon. Thon,1s H. Benton.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 70, 1879.
SIR I owe you many thanks for the eppor-
tunities l have had to read the Merchants
Magazine. and have found il in reality te be q
e
the useful mattor which the title would imply
and presented with fullness and eIearness
which delights while it instructs. 1t il, in
fact. merchants magazine in the large ac-
cepton Of the term-mercbants VINO 20 be
tween nations. whose Jorge operations bring
many departments of knowledge. and a view
Of the state Of the world into daily requisition
But it is not the great merchant only, but the
one of more modest, but. nevertheless. Of most
uhn will End -,
70 abound with the information. the pursuit
of his business and the elevation Of the mer-
camille character requires. Nor is Ifs utility
at all confined 70 merchants. but extends 10
the legislator and diplomatists. and 60 all who
are charged with managing the affairs OF the
nation For myself. have found Il most use
full TO me in my senatorial laSors snd have
been in the habit for many years of carefully
consulting il. Very respectfully, sir. syou.
obedient servant. IHCS. II BEETeH
FRLExAs HLST. ESQ