first-hand

• POS: Adjective, Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

first-hand, a. 

 Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent; -- of information; as, a firsthand report; firsthand information; firsthand knowledge.  [1913 Webster]
"One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind."  [1913 Webster]