Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-15
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| Europe. and the attitude in which some of
| them stand towards certain portions OF this
! continent, have invested our foreign relations
| with the utmost Importance. Never was this
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| HUNTS HrERCFAN7iS' II.4G ZINE.
| AND CGNMi..~TAI4 REVIEW
| BY FREEMAN HUNT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
| 4 FEW complete sets of this Magazine ma,
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"olume. The following are few Of the COM
mandatory letters received by the editor from
distinguished statesmen:
| Letter from Hon ifca.y t'igU.
! ASHLAND. 2Ith July lS4o
| DEAR SIR : wish to express 10 YOU the graf
| ihcation | derived on receiving the july num-
Der OF the Merchants Magazine and CONNER
| elai REVIEW, from viewing yor. portrait in the
beginning. and from reading your address Il
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 a know &c
OF tnehl, OF their appearance. of the features
| OIL their countenance and Of the character and
habits of their mind, which We can acquire
lou have placed Your numerous readers (at
! least you have me. if may net 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 all
,uded, have become quite fa'niiar with the
| Magazine and Review. and haze no hesitation
IN expressing my humble opinion that it is EN-.
lnsntiy entitled to tirt public regard and sup
| port. 1t collects and arranges in good order
large amount of valuable statistical an,
other information. highly useful, not only Il,
| the merchant, but to the statesman. to the cul
| uVa'or OF the earth, to the manufacturer T.
the mariner. in short. to all classes of the br
| slnesS and reading community
| Entertaining this opinion I am glad that ,
mas been, and hope that II may continue to be
| literally patronize3. Offering YOU cordial s.
surances of my esteem and regard, I ann trul,
| your friend and ohedient servant.
Freeman Hunt, esq. H CLAY.
! Elfract Of a Letter from, Willard E;yj,,,r,
- have read ii merchants Mapazinel with
| good deal of attention, and have mn hest
ton IN saying that think it one of the mos,
valuable periodicals. that was ever published
10 the merchantlt seems quite indispensable
ana TO the statesman and man of general in.
formation almost equally desirable. 1t is a
grand repository of useful facts and informa.
uon' winch can be found nowhere so we'll di.
geSted and so accessible as in these nnmhers
L only regret that do not own the work =
LITTER }r0m the Hon. Thomas ~ Bcu,o,,
| WASHINGTON CRY. Anril 90 1870
SIR [ owe you many tha nks for tbe amor.
tunItles L have had to read the Merchant.
Magazine, and have found it in reality re he =
Magazine, and that we'll replenished of al,
the useful mattor which the title would itnnl,
and presented with a fullness and c,earnes.
winch delights while it instructs. 1t is. in
TACT, merchants magazine in the large ac.
eepuon OF the term-snerchants who 90 he
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