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distinguished statesmen;
Letter .troG0 EDn. Henry CiQv.
ASHLAND, Goth July, lS49.
DEAR S,R I wish to express to Won the rrat
iticaticn [ derived on receiving the July num-
Der OF the Merchants Magazine and CONNER
clai REVIEW, from viewing your portrait In the
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your friends at the end of it When we feel
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You have placed your numerous readers lat
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Magazine and Review, and have no hesitation
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port. LII collects and arranges, In good order
| large amount of valuable statistical au
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E3fFaet OF Letter from MiAarG Fillmore.
:" l have read it Merchants Magazinel with
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only regret that do not own the work >
Lesttr from the Hon. Thomas n Be,,oa
WASHINGTON CITY, April 90. 1919.
SIR L owe you many thanks for the oppor-
tunitles L have had to read the Merchants
Magazine, and have found it in reality tie be a
N and that well replenished. of all
the useful mattor which the title would imply
and presented with fullness and cIearne:s
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