THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE, AND Commercial Review. CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT. VOLUME V. NEW-YORK: FREEMAN HUNT, 142 FULTON-STREET. NEW-ORLEANS: J. F. CURNS & CO. 1841. INDEX. ORIGINAL PAPERS. The Mississippi Scheme, by Francis Wharton... Theory of Banking, by a Merchant of Boston, Mass........................................................... Progress of American Commerce, by James H. Lanman.. Maryland, and its Resources, by William G. Lyford.. Free Trade, by S. G. Arnold... 9 27 37 50 58 Profits of Marine Insurance-The Mutual System, by Zebedee Cook, jr.. .... 63 Question of Average, by Judge Willard Phillips... 67 The Law of Contracts in Missouri, by Charles G. Whittlesey, Counsellor at Law... 70 105 American Manufactures, by James H. Lanman.... 122 British Import Duties-Abstract of the Report of the Committee of the House of 145 General Average-Its application to Lighterage and Freight, by Judge Willard Agricultural Commerce of the United States, by James H. Lanman... Laws relative to Debtor and Creditor- Of Missouri, by Charles D. Drake, Attorney at Law, St. Louis... 252 Of Illinois, by Charles Gillman, of the Quincy (Illinois) Bar... 446 261 Russia and her Commercial Strength, by Francis Wharton..... Thermometrical Observations, as connected with Navigation, by James Mease, M. D. 411 Morocco, and its facilities for American Commercial Enterprise, by W. S. Mayo, 489 Commercial Relations of the United States, by James H. Lanman. Familiar Scenes in the Life of a Clerk, by the author of the "Victim of Chancery," 530 540 |