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 Basing- 
hall 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 re- 
ctirred 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 Depart- 
ment of ^^'T^beenToeffectively done for the internal trade of the 
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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.