THE

MERCIANTS' MAGAZINE ,

AND

COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:

FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,

142 FULTON STREET, (REAR BUILDING.)

MDCCCXXXIX.

CRAIGHEAD AND ALLEN, PRINTERS,

112 Fulton, corner of Dutch-street.

INDEX.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

Page

Introduction......

1

Commerce as connected with the Progress of Civilization, by the Hon. Daniel D.

Barnard.

3

Accumulation, Property, Capital and Credit,

20

Commercial Travellers, by A. L. Stimson..

23

Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Bowditch, by Rev. Alexander Young.

33

The State of the Currency, by Charles F. Adams.

44

Theory of Money and Banks.

50

Commerce and Protection, by Horace Greely.

53

Popular Suggestions of the Principles of Co-partnership, by D. Lord, Jr.

67

The Commercial Rights of Neutral Nations, by Professor William Kent.

97

The Theory of Money and Banks, by Charles F. Adams.

...119

Commercial Sketch of Boston, with Statistical Facts, and Notices of Eminent Mer-

chants, by Alden Bradford.

124

Popular Suggestions of the Principles of Co-partnership, by Daniel Lord, Jr.. .147

New Commercial Field ..

142

* The Rise and Progress of Commerce.

193

Advantages and Benefits of Commerce

200

Commerce of the East, by H. F. Harrington.

202

Commerce with Japan, by James Aldrich ..

208

Banks and Currency, by Charles F. Adams..

214

The Legal Protection of Good Faith, by Daniel Lord, Jr..

227

Book-keeping-Principles of Double Entry.....

256

What constitutes a Merchant, by Charles Edwards.

289

Moral Law of Contracts, by James Aldrich....

303

History of Navigation, by É. C. Ward ....

314

Popular Principles relating to the Law of Agency, by Daniel Lord, Jr.

.325

Lecture on Commercial Integrity, by Judge Joseph Hopkinson ..

377

On the Moral End of Business...

390

· Leisure-Its Uses and Abuses, by Rev. G. W. Bethune, D. D

399

-Commerce and Protection, by Horace Greely....

413

Popular Suggestions on the Principles of Guaranty and Suretyship, by Daniel

Lord, Jr.

The Progress and Influence of Commerce in Europe, by E. W. Stoughton. 465

The Merchant Service, by a Member of the Naval Lyceum.

476

The Comparative Importance of Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures, by

Alden Bradford.

.480

Landlords and Tenants..

.484

Rates of Premium for Marine Insurance, by Joseph Balch, Esq., President of Mer-

chants' Insurance Company, Boston.

.491

Hints to the Insured, on the Construction of Marine Policies, by E. W. Stoughton. 496

The State of the Currency, by Charles F. Adams.

505

New York Mercantile Library Association Lectures.

529

Introductory- The Connexion of Science and the Arts..

529

Lecture I. 'Of the Atinosphere in general....

531

II. Dew, Fog, and Clouds....

532

III. Of Rain...

.533

.418