Close to 200 first-person narratives by politicians, soldiers, pioneers, and travelers. The texts can be browsed by topic or searched. (
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
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Click on 'Contents' on the Museum of the City of New York Home Page, and search for 'Westward the Course of Empire' to see a small collection of documents on Indian policy in the late 19th century. (
http://www.mcny.org/Exhibitions/currierives/westward.htm
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