Daily national Republican., 1864-04-14
Obituary.

The Telegraph last evening startled and shock ed
he numerous friends Of Mr.. A. A. LovETr. lAtn
'upt ptrintsndent OF the Peoples TsIeErs.h -
" the announcement that he b.
poplexy. SHS dat. % Nv" .OrI from a st. o.. en, y,
haa briti l,-A =. deserves Some,F. .,pg mor.
lively nouneement. Although comn.,..
~ man, having been an his thirty.
-,xth wear when he WAS called Nw ay, he had GlIsd
some Of the most important and respo..sible tit,-
ations in the elegrSph business, 10 which, with
brief intern ISion. the last fouIteen years OF b,
life was devoted.
Commencing 40 an operator on the odd New York
and Boston House Printing Telegraph line, he rs.e
rapidly to the position of superintendent Of that
line, which he retained during its various changes
OF ownership until the death OF the late Jas Eddy,
| tho general 81 perlntendent OF the old American
| Telegraph Company, whom he succeeded in that
position, which he retained until the form ation OF
the ejaculation known as the present Americ, an
Telegraph Company.
He irnS then appointed superintendent Of the
Third aistrict OF the consolidated lines, Sle Of IA
lArsealtnnd most Important. ThH position he 10
signed IN the spring Of 1901, and WAS not again
proniu intly engaged n the business until about
year d &c, when the construction OF the Peoples
Line fh commenced, and he was appointed its
| supen tendentI which enterprise lie has most suc-
eegSfuSy inangurated, and II adds TO the grief Of
his ri nds and associates that he was not scared
to wit ess its final and full snccess, which he had
Nueh heart, and In which i,e ielt so great pride
!, Mr.. .oVett will b. remeI 'eted As diIshArEtng
for me fe than year the dedeate and Iespo onEibls
duties Of Governm Mt eenSsT Of the telegraph A.
this y, when such OficiAl was considered
necessary BY the Secretary II War and although
his position was one Of great difficulty, yet he sc
90 duetsd II as to retain the personal friendship
a. esteem even OF those to whom. his ofi9ial 40
! tion was necessarily and irtqnontIy yexAtious
Mr. Loyett WAS a man of kindly, frtnk an,
genial dispOsi ition, and nan could lie mC n
widely and sincerely mourned. He had the rAr
faculty Of imppeahing upon those with whom d
wSI brought in contact, as 1t were his own gGnl,
Ny AID kindlnsss OF heart. CI him II may be tru
/. sAld--
None knew him but to love him;
NUne named him but to praise"
T He leaves one son, about ten yeas old who
\ with his friends at Beverly, Massachusetts,, c
which place Mr.. Lovett was native md resident
At a meeting of the mAnAgCrst operators, 2n
G clerks OF the Peoples Telegraph Line, convene
In the Sc erGI Offices OF the line and oonmun
eating by telegraph, held April II, 1864, Mr.. NJ.
B. Finch, manager Of the New York olfiee, va
/ made chairman, and Mr.. J. 4. kelden, mango q
Z the Providence Ohioe, secretary.
The following preamble and resolutions offero
by Mr. c. d. NoyeS, manager Of tie Washi" gto
Nee, were unAninously agreed to:
Whereas, our perIonAi friend and o iioiGI sup,
Tior, A. Abbott Lovett, late Superintendent OF III
q Peoples Telegraph Line, under whose active gu
perVison and direction the line was built and pu
q In operation, has been called from sud Ienly
while engaged In the discharge OF his duties the
- fore,
Is ResoIved, That, in this dispensAtion OF Provi
- denee, while recognizing the hand OF Him VII
70 doeth all things we'll, and bowlng In humble sul
II mission 10 His will, We feel that we have lost
=, kind and cOnBiderate personal friend and con
IL pAniOn, with whom our personal ~ well as Olcis
Al relations have ever been mutually pleasant an
profitable,
I. RSIolped, That while mourning his loss, a
ri friends we feel that the telegTA gTAphio profession
deprived OF an able and devoted member, whs, /
I'd all its diyiIionB, a. OPERATOR manager and aupe
intendent, has discharged with signal ability hi
duties, and whose promise Of future success an
y usefulness, thus suddenly cut off, Ia to the profe
sion an irTepArAble loss.
Resolved That we respectfully tender to his In
10 mediate relatives and friends the assurance OF
heartfelt sympathy In this sffiictiOn, which hs
r thus suddenly and uneI Ipeetedly come upon then
Al and trust that the assurance Of the esteem an
y Afestion Of US with whom he was so intimate
" associated may mitigate to some extent the bO
l.. | which has fallen upon them.
Resolved, That copies Of these resolutions be eI
J. EFoaSed aud ofioAlly communicated TO his fAtht
n and orphan son.