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HUNTS MERCHANTS: MAGAZINE.
AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
By FREEMAN HUNT. EDITOR AND rRopRIEroR
\ FEW complete sets Of this Magazine NAY
"A be obtained at the publishers Office. lac
tuiton street, New York. neatly and substan-
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volume The following are a few of Tie com
mandatory letters received by the editor from
distinguished statesmen:
Letter from Hon. Henry CIov.
ASHLAND. 10Th July, 1919.
DEAR SIR wish to express TO YOU the graf
lhcation l derived on receiving the July nun
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 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 ana
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 l have become quite familiar with the
Magazine and Review and have no hesitation
In expressing my humble opinion that it is en-
lnently entitled to tie public regard and sup
port. 1t collects and arranges, in good order
large amount of valuable statistical am
other information, highly useful, not only t.
the merchant, but to the statesman. to the eaJ
tivator of the earth, to the manufacturer.
the mariner, in short, to all classes Of the III
siness and reading community
Entertaining this opinion. am glad thatit
has been, and hope that it may continue to be,
literally patronized. Offering YOU cordial a..
surances of my esteem and regard, am truly
your friend and obedient servant.
Freeman Hunt, esq. H.CLAY.
Extract Of a. Letter from, INilkard FiHDsre
s. have read it (Merchants Magazine with
good deal OF attention and have no hcsta-
ton in saying that think it one of tie 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 ard infoIn IA
ton, which can be found nowhere so well d.
gested and so accessible as in these numbers.
only regret that do not own the work
Letter from the Hold Thomas II. Benton
WASHINGTON CRY, April 29, 1879
SIR: [ owe you many thanks for the oppoI-
tunities have had to read the Merchants
Magazine. and have found it in reality 70 be
Magazine, and that well roplenished, OF ell
the useful mattor which the title would imply
and presented with frlress and clearncss
which delights while it iEstructs. III Is, In
fact merchants magazine In the large ac-
ception of the term-merchants who go be
tween nations whose Jorge operations bring
many departments of knowledge, and a view
of the state of the world into daily requisiiion
But il is n3t 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 mcr-
camille character requires. Nor is its utility
at all confined to merchants. but extends 10
the legislator and diplomatists, and TO all who
are charged with managing the affairs Of the
nation. For myself, have found it mos; use
full to me in my senatorial labors and have
been in the habit for many years of carefully
consulting it. Very respectfully, sir. your
obedient servant, THo> ii PENTnN
FpUEAAS H. ". L.