Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-08
HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE,
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
BY FREEMAN HUNT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
\ FEW complete sets of this Magazine may
n be obtained at the publishers Office. I42
Fulton street, New York, neatly and substan-
tally bound, for two dollars and a half PC.
volume. The following are a few of the COM
mandatory letters received by the editor from
distinguished statesmen:
Letter from Hon. Henry Clan.
ASHLAND. Doth July IS49.
DEAR SIR wish to express to you the graf
lhcatlon derived on receiving the July mum
Der of the Merchants Magazine and CONNER
cial 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 have contrib
uted to our information and amusement we
are naturally DESTROYS to possess knowledge
of them. of their appearance Of the features
OF their countenance. and Of the character and
habits OF their mind which We can acquire
You have placed your numerous readers lat
least you have me. 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. have become quite familiar with the
Magazine and Review. and have no hesitation
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 ar,
other information, highly useful not ONLY t.
the merchant. but to the statesman to the cuI
tlvator of the earth. to the manufacturer.
the mariner. in short. to all classes of the br
s1ness and reading community
Entertaining this opinion. / am glad that,
has been, and hope that it may continue to be-
literally patronized. Offering you cordial as
surances of my esteem and regard am truly
your friend and obedient servant
Freeman Hunt, ESQ., II. CLAY
Extract of a Letter from Miliara Fillmore.
. have read it Merchants Magazne) with
good deal OF attention, aid have no hesita
ton in saying that I think il one of the most
valuable periodicals that was ever published.
10 the merchant 1t seems quite indispensable.
and to the statesman and man of general in
formation almost equally desirable 1t is q
grand repository of useful facts and informa-
non, which can be found nowhere so well di-
gested and so accessible rs in these numbers.
l only regret that do not own the work.
Letter from the Hon. IHomos H. Benton.
WASHINGTON CITY, April %, lS49
SIR owe you many thanks for the oppor-
tunitles have had to read the Merchants
Magazine, and have found it in reality tie be
Magazine. and that well replenished. of all
the useful mattor which the title would imply
and presented with fullness and clearness
which delights while it instructs. 1t is. in
tact merchants magazine in the large ac-
ceptlon of the term-merchants who 90 be
tween nations, whose Jorge operations bring
many departments of knowledge, and a view
OF the state of the world into daily reuuisition
But it is not the great merchant only. but the
one OF more modest, but. nevertheless of most
useful operations-who will find this magazin
to abound with the information, the pursuit
OF his business and the elevation of the mer
camille character requires. Nor is its utility
at all confined to merchants, but extends to
the legislator and diplOmatists, and to all who
are charged with managing the affairs of the
nation. For myself, l have found it most use
ful to me in my senatorial labors and have
been in the habit for many years of carefully
consulting it. Very resp ctfully, sir. your
obedient servant, THOS. II. BENTON.
FREEMAN Hunt, ESQ.