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LEVI LINCOLN SADLER,
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LATE Secretary and Treasurer of the New-York and New-England
Union Telegraph Company, is the subject of this brief memoir.
Mr. Sadler was one of the remarkable men of his age, and most peculiarly fitted for the speciality of telegraphing, in which he had been engaged for some years prior to his death.
I cannot more truly present the character of Mr. Sadler than as recorded in the journal of proceedings of the telegraph company above
mentioned, viz.:
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the New-York and NewEngland Union Telegraph Company, holden at New-York city on the 17th
of November, 1857, the following merited t.ibute to the memory of the
late L. L. Sadler, an associate Director, and Treasurer and Secretary of
the Company from its origin, was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it hath pleased Almighty God to remove by death from our
midst our associate Director, Treasurer and Secretary, the late L. L. Sadler, since the last monthly meeting of this Board; and it is befitting that
at this first succeeding meeting we should express our sense of the exceedingly great loss which has befallen the interests and business of this
Company, and ourselves, his associates in office, by this sudden dispensation, therefore,
Resolved, That to profound respect for his memory, we bear cheerful
recollections of his uniform urbanity and exemplary worth, as a man, and
of his scrupulous integrity, carefulness, and promptitude, as an officer;
faithfully and perseveringly discharging all his varied duties with ability
and fidelity, and maintaining a character for manly uprightness in all his
relations, and toward all men.
Resolved, That we sincerely lament his death, and mingle our sympathies with those of his bereaved widow and immediate relatives, in appreciation of their irreparable calamity in this event.
Resolved, That the Treasurer be, and is hereby directed, to continue
the monthly salary to the widow of the deceased, which would have been
payable to him, for the remainder of the official year for which he was
elected Treasurer and Secretary, terminating on the thirtieth day of June
next.
On motion of Mr. LeffertsResolved, That as a further testimonial of the great regard we entertain
for the memory of the worth and exemplary character of the deceased.
the President and Mr. Smith be constituted a committee to prepare an
appropriate memoir of his life, and that the same be extended upon the
records of the Directors.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the records of the
Directors, and that the President be requested to communicate a copy of
the same to Mrs. L. L. Sadler, the widow of the deceased.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors, held in the city of New York,
March 20th, 1858, the following proceedings transpired:
Pursuant to the vote of the Directors, November 17, 1857, the Committee report and place upon record, in behalf of the Company, the following brief memoir of the late L. L. SADLER:
The remains of Rev. LEVI LINCOLN SADLER, who died somewhat suddenly (though for years an invalid), in Brooklyn, N. Y.. at the residence
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