Form letters from Edmond Souchon at the Louisiana State Board of Health are included. Letters from patients and medical colleagues concerning general health matters are included. Form letters from various commercial publishers are included. McKowen family legal documents primarily relate to activities of John C. MacKowen in Louisiana and Italy but include items documenting legal concerns of John McKowen, William R. McKowen, and others. Included are plans and drawings of this property.
Notes discuss the presence and history of yellow fever in Louisiana.
Letters from MacKowen's legal defense attorney, E. A. O'Sullivan, are included, with two letters by the attorney, W. S. Parkerson, who resigned as MacKowen's council in the Kohnke vs. MacKowen case. Photographs include a portrait, perhaps of John C. MacKowen, and three views of places in Louisiana. Subgroup, Series, and Subseries Descriptions Subgroup 1. Legal documents, 1821-1853, n.d. Land grants for property granted to Thomas Lilley and Philip Bradshear.