TY  - GEN
AU  - Evans,Amos A.
TI  - Amos A. Evans papers,
KW  - Brown, John W.,
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Constitution (Frigate)
KW  - Guerriere (Frigate)
KW  - Independence (Ship : 1814-1913)
KW  - Java (Frigate)
KW  - Paul Revere & Sons
KW  - Copper smelting
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
KW  - Formulas, recipes, etc
KW  - Rolling-mills
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Canton
KW  - Society of Friends
KW  - Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Boston (Mass.)
KW  - Brazil
KW  - El Salvador
KW  - Spain
KW  - History
KW  - War of 1812
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Surgeons
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Journals documenting Evans's service as chief surgeon aboard the USS Constitution (Frigate) in 1812 and 1813 and the USS Independence (Ship of the line) in 1815.  Sailing out of Boston, Mass., the ships patrolled the U.S. east coast and voyaged to El Salvador, Brazil, and Spain.  Evans described sea battles with British ships including the HMS Guerriere (Frigate) and the HMS Java (Frigate), shore excursions in ports of call, and the process of copper smelting at the Paul Revere & Sons rolling-mills.  Also includes a journal containing medicinal recipes and notes from medical lectures, a medical diploma, and two documents concerning John W. Brown, a military furlough (1863) and certificate of disownment from the Society of Friends (1868)
ER  -