Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-12-04
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THE MEKcHANrs' PRorEcr1vs UsIox, orgas.
= l. lied to promote and protect trade, BY enAbf.
ing its subscribers to attain facility and safety
in the granting of credits, and the recovery Of
claims at all points, have to announce that
they will, in September, 1858, publish IN one
large quarto volume: ~ .-,,, III; ~ : f,sys
The MERCHANTs' PRoTEcTIvE UNION MIRcAx-
TILE REFERENCE REGISTER containing among
other things, the Names, Nature of Business,
Amount of Capital, Financial Standing and
Rating as to Credit, of over 400, 900 Of the
principal merchants, traders, bankers, nand>
facturers, and public companies, in more than
80, 900 OF the cities, towns, villages, and set
Elements throughout the United States, their
territories and the British Provinces of North
America; and embracing the most importaut
Information attainable and necessary to enab.e
the merchant to ascertain at a glance the Cap
ital, Character and Degree of Credit of such Il
his customers as are deemed worthy of any
graduation of credit, comprising, also, Nee;.
paper Directory, containing the title, characs
ter, price, and place of publication, with full
particulars relative to each journal, being :
complete guide to the press of every county in
the United States .,'13a = To&s s-sn = is!~
The reports and information will be confined
to those deemed worthy Of some line of credit !;
and as the same will be based, so far as prac-
ticable, upon the written statements Of the
parties themselves, revised aud corrected "
well known and reliable legal correspondent,
whose character will. prove a guarntee. of the
correctness of the information furnished by
them, it is believed that the reports will prove
more truthful and complete, and, therefore,
superior to, and of. much greater value, than
previously issued. - >
By aid of the MERCANTILE RErERExcE RE
IsTER, business men viii be abled to ascertain,
at glance, the capital and graduation of credit,
as compared with financial worth of nearly
every merchant, manufacturer, trader and
banker, within the above named territorial
limits.
On or about the first of each month, sui
scribers will also receive the Monthly Chroni-
Gle, containing, among other things, record
of such important change in the name and con-
dition of firms, throughout the country, as may
occur subsequent TO the publication of each
half-yearly volume of tho MERCANTILE RkyrD-
ENcE REGISTER --...-..-- = zgs5 ~ .i..t:-
Price of the Merchants Union Mercantile
Reference Register, Fifty Dollars, ($50) 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 toparticipating in the pro-
fits, will receive one copy of the MERCAxrnx
REFERENCE REGISTER free of charge; holders Of
ten shares will be entitled to TWO copies
and no more than ten shares of the Capital
Stock will be allotted to any one applicant.
All remittances, orders or communications,
relative to the book should be addressed "a
the Merchants Protective Union, in the Amer
lean Exchange Bank Building, No. 12s Broad
way, (box 1861 New York. -.
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