Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-30
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HUNT s lTj;ECHANTS' MAO AZINE.
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
BY FREEMAN HUNT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
A FEW complete sets of this Magazine NAV
"A 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 a few Of the com
mendatory letters received by the editor from
distinguished statesmen
Letter from Hon. Henry Clay
ASHLAND, Goth July. 1S49
DEAR SIR wish to express to yon the graf
ification | derived on receiving the July num-
Der Of the Merchants Magazine and CONNER
clal Review, from viewing your portrait in the
beginning. and from reading your address to
your friends at the end of it. When We feel
under obligations to those who lave contrib
uted to our information and amusement. We
are naturally DESTROYS to possess knowledge
OF them. OF their appearance. of the features
OF their cOuntenancc. and of the character and
habits of their mind. which we can acquire
\ on have placed your numerous readers (at
least you have nc, if | 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 al
luded. l have become quite familiar with the
Magazine and Review. and have 10 hesitati,1
in expressing my humble opinion that it is en-
inently entitled to the public regard and sup
port. 1t collects and arranges. in good order
large amount Of valuable statistical al,
other information, highly useful, not only t.
tie merchant, but to the statesman. to the cul~ |
tivator of the earth, to the manufacturer. t. |
the mariner, in short, to all classes Of the br |
sness and reading community.
Entertaining this opinion. am glad thatit !
has been. and hope that it may continue to be |
literally patronized Offering you cordial as
suianccs of my esteem and regard. am truly !
your friend and obedient servant.
Freeman Hunt, esq. II. CLAY.
Extract Of Letter from MiUard Fillmore. |
Il have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with |
good deal of attention. and have no hesita |
ton in saying that [ think it one of the most |
valuable periodicals that was ever published |
TO the merchant it seems quite Indispensable |
and to the statesman and man of general in |
formation almost equally desirable. 1t is !
grand repository Of useful facts and informa- |
ton, which can be found nowhere so well di- !
gested and so accessible as in these numbers |
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