[PW] 1860s district court transcripts?

[Kay Lancaster]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Katherine Harper wrote:

> This request is for me, so there's no hurry.
> 
> A small-town Iowa newspaper from 1866 mentions a court
> case--apparently a $17,000+ lawsuit against my subject's grandfather

I'd probably start with the law library:
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library

This is a unit of the State Library, usually serving mostly the 
legislature.  My experience, though, is they're quite helpful to 
folks who just wander in looking for information.

Kay