General Marshall Lefferts

The Death of General Lefferts.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE GOLD AND STOCK TELEGRAPH

COMPANY.

THE following preamble and resolutions have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company on the death of their late President, General Marshall Lefferts.

Whereas: It has pleased our all-merciful Father, in his inscrutable wisdom, to call from among us, in the prime of his usefulness and strength, our distinguished President and honored associate, General Marshall Lefferts. Cut down without warning at a time of great national rejoicing, we stand appalled at the suddenness of the calamity that has befallen us. It is our mournful duty to bear earnest testimony to his ability, energy and genius, and to offer our heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends in the irreparable loss they have sustained.

Resolved, That we, the Board of Directors of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, hold in grateful remembrance the many and valuable services of our late President, and bear witness to the capacity, energy and skill with which he successfully performed the arduous and trying duties of his position.

Resolved, That in his untimely death we mourn not only an efficient and valuable officer, of rare attainments and long experience in the management of telegraph enterprises, but a genial and kindly friend and associate, whose affectionate and gentle nature had endeared him to us all.

Resolved, That we offer to his bereaved family our deep sympathy in the hard trial they have been called upon by Divine Providence to undergo, and humbly commend them to him who, in his inscrutable wisdom, has visited upon them this deep affliction.