Butterfield, Thomas Archer

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Unique IDPE-004191SurnameButterfieldGiven namesThomas ArcherBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1855-1885Biographical noteBiographical details:
Arrival in NSW per ‘Caroline’ from Plymouth - Mr and Mrs Butterfield and family (6) [ref: SMH 14 October 1854]

Council Clerk, Balmain, appointment 20 April 1860 - £50 pa - available after 6pm except Sundays [ref: Empire 3 May 1860]

Auditor retiring for Great Victoria Gold Mining Co, [ref: SMH 1 January 1867 p12]

Testimonial [ref: SMH 15 October 1885 p12]

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 3299/1885: BUTTERFIELD THOMAS A [parents] THOMAS & MARY registered at CANTERBURY

Death Notice: [ref: SMH 14 November 1885 p1]

Details from contemporary sources:
1857 Memo to City Treasurer 1 July 1857 - salary £200 pa, Clerk in City Surveyor and Building Surveyor's Department [ref: 27/11/57/203]
1857 Description of duties, May, Report of Finance Committee [ref: 21/1/09]
1858 Request increase - June - £25 increase recommended [ref: 22/2/26]
1858 Chief Clerk and Accountant, City Surveyor's Department - £225 - Salaries of Officers 1 July 1858 [ref: 27/12/58/488]
1859 Requests increase - February -nearly 3 years in position- duties increased keeping accounts for the 4 District Surveyors [ref: 26/38/0127]
1860 Appointment as Assistant Town Clerk reported Empire 7 August 1860 p5 [ref: Council Meeting 6 August]
1866 Woolcott says he is highly efficient - August [ref: 26/80/753]
1867 Staff petition to revert to 4pm close from 5pm - March [ref: P26/84/273]
1867 Council advertisements in newspapers -Acting Town Clerk [ref: SMH November]
1875 Application to purchase debentures - February [ref: 26/132/150]
1875 Acting Town Clerk - Council advertisements in newspapers [ref: SMH September & October]
1878 Assistant Town Clerk - £450 - Salaries of Officers: 1878 [ref: 22/17/711]
1879 £450 pa - Woolcott has 3 persons in his department - July [ref: 26/158/803]
1880 Salary Schedule 1879-80 - Finance Committee recommendation £450 pa [ref: 22/18/125/689]
1881 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1881 - £450 pa [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1882 Salaries of Officers 1882 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/22/54]
1883 Salaries of Officers 1883 - Schedule 1882-1883 - £450 [ref: 22/24/44]
1884 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 - £500 pa [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1885 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £500 pa -Salaries of Officers 1885 [ref: Daily Telegraph 14 January 1885]
1885 Six month's leave - medical advice - March - employed since 1855 [ref: 22/29/37]
1885 Finance Committee recommends £500 retiring allowance - August [ref: 22/30/0011]
1885 Advises that he is still unfit - resigning [ref: 21/17/4 [359]]
1885 Mayor reports resignation [ref: Council Meeting 9 September]
1885 Letter of appreciation to be sent [ref: Meeting 14 October]
1885 Family thanks Council for expressions of sympathy - December [ref: 26/208/1999]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000587

Item

Transcript - Register of letters written from the City Surveyor's office, 1855-1860

Letter press receipts from District Surveyor or Building Surveyor's office, 1857-1858

City Surveyor's Correspondence and Water Rate Register, Volume 2, 1855-1860

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionTown Clerk [Town Clerk's Department]Assistant Town Clerk [Town Clerk's Department]Chief Clerk [City Surveyor's Department]Clerk [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Clerk [City Surveyor's Department]Clerk [Town Clerk's Department]Related itemsMemorandum: Woolcott, Town Clerk to Improvement Committee - Report on efficiency of his departmentPetition: Office staff request end of day at 4pm due to confinement and monotonous nature of workReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1878Memorandum: Charles Woolcott, Town Clerk - Staffing in Town Clerk's OfficeReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1880Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on resignations and appointments of senior staffReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1882Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885

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Butterfield, Thomas Archer