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(26.2.1851)

Doo XX plo. 3.) 1850, Oct. 4. Gift of
Prof. Francis Bowen.

CONTRIBUTORS

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MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

21 P 13.1.150

JOHN P. BROWN, Esq., of the American Legation, Constantinople, Turkey.
JEAN BENNER, Esq., late of France, now of New York.

FRANCIS BRINLEY, Esq., of the Boston (Mass.) Bar.
J. BLUNT, Esq., of New York.

WILLIAM BRIGHAM, Esq., of Massachusetts.

Rev. JOHN L. BLAKE, D. D., of New Jersey.

WILLIAM DARBY, Esq., author of a "Universal Gazetteer," Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS O. DORE, Esq., of the New York Bar.

JAMES FERGUSON, Esq., of the National Observatory, Washington, D. C.
CHARLES H. GLOVER, Esq., of the New York Bar.

WILLIAM GREGG, Esq., of South Carolina.
EDWARD A. HOPKINS, Esq., of Vermont.

R. G. HAZARD, Esq., of Rhode Island.

DAVID R. JAQUES, Esq., of the New York Bar.

GEN. C. T. JAMES, Civil Engineer, of Rhode Island.

THOMAS P. KETTELL, Esq., of New York.

HON. D. O. KELLOGG, Merchant, of New York.

JOSHUA LEAVITT, Esq., Corresponding Sec. of the Boston Cheap Postage Association.

A. A. LAWRENCE, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.

DANIEL LORD, Esq., of New York.

PRO. C. F. M'CAY, of the University of Georgia.

E. MERIAM, Esq., of New York.

A. NASH, Esq., of the New York Bar.

HON. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Alabama.

S. G. SECCHI DE CASSALI, late of Italy, now of New York.

F. G. SKINNER, Esq., of Washington, D. C.

J. B. VARNUM, Esq., Member of the Assembly of New York.

CHARLES C. WHITTLESEY, Esq., of the St. Louis (Missouri) Bar, and
FREEMAN HUNT, Editor and Proprietor, etc.

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Cleveland, Ohio, imports and exports of..... 668
tonnage owned at......... 669
Cliff Mine, production of copper at the...... 574
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"imported into U. S. from 1821 to 1848... 278
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66 postage, receipts and expenses of..... 410
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Foochoo, description, commerce, etc., of..... 423
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362 Law, Mercantile Cases..88, 206, 313, 429, 529, 646
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Havana, export of sugar from....................

Havre cotton movement.................................... 446 Learning, with business accomplishments... 361
Helix, a propeller of steam vessels........... 279
Hemp, improvement in manufacture of..... 682
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Indiana, debts and finances of...

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public works, condition of, in 1841. 153
taxes of, to pay interest in 1849.... 155
bond holders, London committee of 157
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damage to goods from dampness... 316
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66 political economy of.............
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fishery, tonnage of U. S. engaged in 326
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Invention for the manufacture of steel....... 347
Inventions, statistics of, in United States.... 672
Iowa, public lands in......

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manufacturing establishments of..... 575
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105 Manchester, N. H., bathing rooms in factories 578
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