Piece
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Item
Folios 661-662: George Countess, Cove. He has contacted General St Eyre Coote and...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1639/255
What’s it about?
This record is about the Folios 661-662: George Countess, Cove. He has contacted General St Eyre Coote and... dating from 1804 Apr 13 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 1/1639/255
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1804 Apr 13
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Folios 661-662: George Countess, Cove. He has contacted General St Eyre Coote and he thinks that the men he, Countess, has raised will be of great service in defending the different forts and batteries off Ireland. They will be armed with pikes and kept in readiness on board HMS Trent. Countess needs a boat and boats crew as Cove is on an island and he will need to visit Passage, Crosshaven, Carrigaline, [Rinnishiddy?]. Rustellion and Spikehead Forts and requests a whale boat with 4 men and a coxwain. He also requests that Lieutenant Phillip Dunnavon, late of the Maria tender, to be placed under his command.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap C690
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18478810/
Series information
ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,474,034 records
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
136,551 records
Within the series: ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
263 records
Within the piece: ADM 1/1639
Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1804, numbers 401-699. (Described at item level)
You are currently looking at the item: ADM 1/1639/255
Folios 661-662: George Countess, Cove. He has contacted General St Eyre Coote and...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.