Terry, this book is available for download for free: Travels in the interior of America, in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811--John Bradbury

http://www.archive.org/details/travelsininterio00brad
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New Madrid Eyewitness Accounts

http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/compendium/eyewitness/index.html
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Eyewitnesses to Mississippi River earthquake terror

http://showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/eyewitness1.htm
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