Since the official transfer of the Louisiana Purchase and the inception of the United States court system in 1804, the St. Louis Circuit Court has produced many different series of records including minutes, dockets, attorneys' rolls, journals, registers and case files. All records from the 1804-1875 period in the custody of the Circuit Court are housed at the Missouri State Archives-St. Louis.

The primary focus of archival work thus far has been concentrated on the case files, where much of the detail about cases filed in the courts is contained. Other related records have been microfilmed.

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