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The National Archives

FBI Case Files

Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1908-1922

Source: The National Archives

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These case files cover important investigations by an agency of the US government later known as the FBI, called the Bureau of Investigation. They include tales of espionage during World War I, case files for German aliens who were politically suspect, records pertaining to Mexican neutrality, and reports dealing with alleged violations of Federal laws. Serious, as well as far-fetched accounts will give you a fresh insider's perspective to the history of this time period. Continue…

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    note Henry Breyer was really Henry Herman Breyer - my Grand Uncle - born in Elba Township, Dodge, Wisconsin 18 NOV 1877. His father Philip John Bruecher was born in Germany.

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    name M. R. Bevington

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