THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,

AND

Commercial Review.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT.

VOLUME III.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET, (REAR BUILDING.)

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INDEX.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

Mercantile Character-Lecture before the Mercantile Library Association in New-

York and Philadelphia, by Hon. John Sergeant.....

The Progress of the Northwest, by James H. Lanman, Esq..

Usury Laws, No. I., by James M. Whiton, Esq.

Usury Laws, No. II., by James M. Whiton, Esq.

Evils of Commerce

Causes of the Unsteadiness of the Currency, and the Remedy therefor, by Henry

C. Carey, Esq.-Of the Means of Exchange-France, Great Britain, and the

United States

Of the Currencies of France, Great Britain, and the United States

Page.

9

22

40

115

76

47

122

Restrictions upon

the Trade in Money-France, Great Britain, and the United

States

126

Of the Economical and Moral Effects of the Banking Systems of France,

Great Britain, and the United States

311

Remedy for Unsteadiness of the Currency

482

Discovery of the Northwest Passage, by the author of Tales of the Northwest,
Polar Regions, &c.

Our Trade with the Imaum of Muscat-Commerce and Products of Arabia

Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor, No. IV.-New Hampshire-by Jacob B.

Moore, Esq.

52

61

63

Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor, No. V.-Connecticut-by James H. Lan-

man, Esq......

The Law of Salvage, by Hon. Wm. Marvin, U. S. Judge at Key West, Florida... 153

Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures

The American Fur Trade, by James H. Lanman, Esq.......

Governmental History of the United States, from the earliest settlement to the

adoption of the Constitution-Part 1st, Part 2d, and Part 3d-by Henry Sher-

man, Esq..........

Lake Navigation of North America, by David Stevenson, Esq....

160

185

..204, 399, 493

216

Speculations on Commerce, by William W. Wheildon, Esq.......

On High and Low Prices, No. I., by Richard Hildreth, Esq., author of " Banks, Bank-

ing, and Paper Currency"

305

The American Whale Fishery, by James H. Lanman, Esq...

Connection of Learning with Commerce, by Alden Bradford, Esq.

361

394

The Banking System of Massachusetts, by James B. Congdon, Esq..

The American Institute....

411

418

Commercial Value of Gems..

Browne's Banking and Mercantile Tables-Usury Laws

The Jettison of Goods carried on Deck, by the Hon. Willard Phillips..

Commerce of China

432

465

504

516