Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-23
The Merchants Protective Union
MERCANTILE REFERENCE RlgEfll

VIE MERCHANTS Protective UNION, organ
Il lied to promote andiprotect trade byenabl-
ing it's subscribers to attain facility and safety
in the granting of credits, and the recovery ~
claims at all points, have to announce that
they will, in September, 1868, publish in one
The MERCHANTS PROTECTIVE UNION MERcAH-
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, 600 Of thf
principal merchants, traders, bankers, MANN
facturers and public companies, in more: thaa
30, 900 of the cities, towns, villages, and set
Elements throughout the United States, their
territories and the British Provinces Of Norh
America and embracing the most Important
information attainable and necessary Iterqefe
the merchant to ascertain at d glance tfe1Caf
ital, Character and Degree Of Credit Of Slch Of
his customers as are deemed worthy Of any
graduation of credit, comprising, also, a Nesss-
paper Directory, containing the title, charac-
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. y J -
The reports and information will be confned
to those deemed worthy of some line 0f de0f1;
and as the same will be based, 80 far as prac-
ticable, upon the written statements of the
parties themselves. revised aud corrected fy
we'll known and reliable legal corresponding,
whose character will prove q guarntee nf tho
correctness of the information furnishea-oT
them, it is believed that the reports will prese
more truthful, and complete, and, ,therefeRA
superior to, and of much greater yslueS thaa
previously issued. go 5i5i..soa a}i'r3.l.ao3
By aid Of the MERCANTILE REFERENCE ,kea-
lister, business men will he abled to ascertain,
I at glance, the capital and graduation Of crediA
as compared with financial worth of neeEU
every merchant, manufacturers trader and
banker, within the above named. territorial
limits. e. .,-,-, ri; d, ,sf;ie,.,,l .,le.
f. On or about the first of each month, sph-
scribers will also receive the Monthly Ckroas.
cle, containing, among other things, alrecosA
of such important change in the:namc and con-
dition of firms, throughout the country DIS mA5
occur subsequent to the publication Of eaeh
half-yearly volume Of the MERcANT1LE RfrxK-
ENcE REGISTER -
i 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..lGsHsg
/ Holders Of five $l0 shares Of the Capital
Stock, in addition to participating in the, pro-
fits, will receive one copy Of the MERcA Nfias
REFERENCE REGisTER free Of charge; holders Of
| ten shares will be entitled to- TWO copies;
and no more than ten shares. 0f the CaISital
Stock win be allotted to any one apPli CAN'T
All remittances, orders or communicated,
trelative to. the beck should be addressed to
the Merchants Protective UniOn, in the lAnss-
lean Exchange Bank Building, ,No.il38 Brsail-
way. box 2566) New York. q +. ;s7H?y ynnGE
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