OFFICIAL,  CATALOGUE.—ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE  MERCANTILE  AGENCY.
FOH  THE  PROMOTION  AND  PROTECTION  OF  TRADE.

Brauch  and  Associate  Offices:

DUN,  BARLOW  &  CO,,  335  Broadway,  (Corner  Worth  Street,)  New-York  City

E.  G.  DIEN  &  CO.

Albany,  N.  Y.
Baltimore,  Md.
Buffalo,  N.  Y.
Charleston,  S.  C.
Chicago,  111.
Cincinnati,  O.
Cleveland,  O.
Columbus,  O.
Davenport,  Iowa.
Dayton,  O.
Detroit,  Mich.
Dubuque,  Iowa.
Erie,  Pa.
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Evansville,  Ind.
Galveston,  Texas.
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Hartford,  Conn.
Indianapolis,  Ind.
Kansas  City,  Mo.
Louisville.  Ky.
Memphis,  Tenn.
Milwaukee,  Wis.
Nashville,  Tenn.
Newark,  N.  J.
New-Orleans,  La.
Norfolk,  Va.
«fe  CO.,  Montreal,  Que.  ■
RUSSELL  Sc  CO.,

Philadelphia,  Pa.
Pittsburgh,  Pa.
Portland,  Oregon.
Providence,  R.  I.
Quincy,  111.
Richmond,  Va.
Rochester,  N.  Y.
San  Francisco,  Cal.
St.  Joseph,  Mo.
St.  Louis,  Mo.
Scranton,  Pa.
Syracuse,  N.  Y.
Toledo,  O.
;  Toronto,  Ont.;  Hamilton,  Ont.
Boston,  Mass.  ;  Portland,  Me.  ;

Troy,  N.  Y.
Utica,  N.  Y.
EUROPE.
London,  England—24  Basinghall
  Street.
Manchester,  England—98  Cross
Street,  Albert  Square.
Glasgow,  Scotland—28  Renfield
Street.
Paris,  France—ii  Rue  Neuve-Saint-Augustin.

;  Halifax,  N.  S.;  St.  John,  N.  B.
Worcester,  Mass.

velopmg  countiy  Capital  1S  ^ways  s ^ce, a nd  cred  b een  made  upon  very  insufficient  knowledge  of  the  rectirred
  there  in  1837  showed  that  credits  had  upto  tha  assets  of  doubtful  value  liad  been  created,  and  that
liability  and  responsibihty  of  the  parties  trusted  that  in  y  .  rendered  necessar y  e ither  that  the  credit
Profits  which  seemed  real  were  in  reahty  eaten  up  y  •.  , hod  of  procur j n g  Information  of  those  who
System  should  be  abandoned,  or  that  some  rehable  and  ,  svstem  Q f  The  Mercantile  Agency  was  set
applied  for  it  should  be  devised.  After  many  attempts  tl  e  p  ^  by  his  succe s 5 ors,  B.  Douglass  &  Co..
and°he  jn'ient'proprmtorsEDUN 1 ,'  Barl^w  &  Co.,  H°and^Tnufecturers,^as  Üie^nly^safe*midHegitimate
ofYbtaining^nfbrmafion’necessarj^for^lie  protection  of’.heir  pecuniary  mterests.  In  fact,  the  immense  credit
System  of  the  United  States  is  now  mainly  based  on , lt ®  rTTnesTnf'riiE’MERCANTiLE  AGENCY,  in  its  reports  and
The  most  satisfactory  evidence  as  to  the  general  correc  n  tbem  in  se nj n g  their  own  goods  or
ratings,  is  the  experience  of  those  who  have  tested  tte  s^^  ^  y  The  Book  of  'x'estimonial  Leiters  which
Dun  Barlow  &  Co.  exhibit,  is  most  conclustve  on  this  point,  and
will  renav  nerusal  The  letters  are  from  well-known  leadtng  houses,
manT&  whom  have  used  the  Agency's  aid  for  upward  of  twenty  years
Thev  embrace  Bankers,  Merchants,  Manufacturers,  the  experience  of
all  beina  ffie  same  and  the  conclusions  are  most  emphatically  given
‘  The g info™aüon  obtained  is  recorded  in  their  va„ous  Offices  and
55  rÄTsSe^itTs  to^be'found  iftMÄ^e
writing,  but  the  substanc  i  ^  hunc j r ed  thousand  names,  with  trade
Book,  which  contains  so  e  se^  ^  the  ]atter  being  a  careful  digest
location,and  Capital  and  » tr  s  k  js  issued  four  , lmes
fl^aT 1  a f nd m a a spe n cimen V cop?of r  h  can  be  seen  in  the  American  Department
  of  ^^'T^beenToeffectively  done  for  the  internal  trade  of  the
KsSSSiÄTÄrÄpsS
and  Manufacmrers  reliable  information  about  American  buyers  and
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tabhshments  in  Cerma  y  f urn ished  by  the  Commissioners
f  r  ike  UnheS  S™fe  Tofte  Vie g nna y Exposition,  or  on  applicat.on  to
OG  Europein  Offices!  addresses  o,  which*  will  be  found  above.
DUN,  BARLOW  &  CO.

R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.