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War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Washington, September 22nd 1866,. General E. M Gregory Asst. Commissioner Baltimore Md. General, I am directed by the Commissioner to say that it is reported to him that a little mulatto girl, eleven years of age, by name Josaphine Collins, has been lost by her mother, who thinks that she may be with a Circus that is now in Baltimore. Please ascertain and reply. Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant A. P. Ketchum Actg. Asst. Adjt. Genl. Office [[crossed out]] 3L [[/crossed out]] 33. Calvert