The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-12-03
NEW YORK CARDS.
RT ercHsarais' Protective Union
I'VE Mercantile Eseaexeasce 2gc.

Nl Mercantile Adherence Reg
Isser.
The Merchants Protective Union, organized to
promote and protect trade, by enabling its sub
scrbers to attain facility andsafety in the grant
ing of credits and the recovery of claims at all
points, have to announce that they will, on or
about September LIST, 1868, publish i'll one large
quarto volume:
The Merchants Protective Union Mercantile Refer
ence Register, containing, among other things, the
Names. Natute of Business, Amount of Capital FL
nancial Standing, and Rating as to Credit of over
100000 of the principal merchants, traders, bank
cas- manufacturers, and public companies, in more
than 10000 of the Cities towns, villages and set
Elements, throughout the United States their ter
ritories, and the British Provinces of North Amer-
ca; and embracing the most important informa-
ton attainable and necessary to enable the mer-
chant to ascertain It glance the Capital Charac
ter, and Degree of Credit Of such of his customers
as are deemed worthy of any graduation of credit
The reports and information to be given in the
Register will be confined to those deemed worthy
Of some line OF credit; and the same will be
based, so far practicable, upon the written
statements of the parties themselves. revised and
corrected by we'll known and reliable legal CORE
spondents, whose character will prove guarantee
of the correctness of the information furnished NV
them, it is believed that the reports will nrove
more truthful and complete and therefore. sumo
rior to, and of much greater value, than any pre-
vicusy issued sfaG5.i
By aid Of the Merchants Protective Union Mer-
camille Reference Register, business men will be
enabled to ascertain, at glance, the capital nm i
graduation of credit, as compared witg financial
WORTH of nearly every merchant, manufacturer
trader, and banker, within the above named terri
torial limits. a-.
On or about the first of each month, subscribers
viii also receive the Monthly Chronicle, containing
among other things, record Of such important
changes in the name and condition OF firms
throughout the country, as may occur subsequent
to the publication of each half yearly volume of
the Mercantile Reference Register:
Price of The Merchants Union Mercantile Ref
erence Register, fifty dollars, $780, for which it
will be forwarded to any address in the United
States, transportation paid.
Holders of five $40 shares of the Capital Stock.
in addition to participating in the profits, will re-
ceive copy of the Mercantile Reference Reg
lister free of charge; holders of ten shares will be
entitled to copies; and no more than ten shares
of Capital Stock will be allotted to any one APP
plicant sT
All remittances, orders, or communications rel
alive to the book, should be addressed to the Mer-
chants Protective Union in the American Elk
change Bank Building, No. 1913 Broadway (Box
$685. New York. ~ agg 26-tf
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