146 THE FREEDMEN’S SAVINGS BANK 
4. (pass BOOK, 1867, THIRD PAGE OF COVER) 
COLORED CITIZEN’S SAVINGS BANK 
Chartered by Congress, March 3, 1865 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S GIFT 
to the 
COLORED PEOPLE 
His signature to the Bill one of the last acts of his life. 
He gave EMANCIPATION, and then this 
SAVINGS BANK 
Your freedom and prosperity were in his heart united. 
ECONOMY THE ROAD TO WEALTH. 
SAVE YOUR MONEY! 
Save the pennies, and the dollars will take 
care of themselves 
“I consider the Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Com- 
pany to be greatly needed by the Colored People, and 
have welcomed it as an auxiliary to the Freedmen’s 
Bureau.” 
Maj. Gen’l. O. O. Howard. 
5. (BooxkiLET, 1867, p. 11) 
CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS 
There is a way for little children in the schools to have 
a part in the Bank, 
Let teachers take some pretty envelopes from us, on 
which is printed “Savings Bank,” and have one for each 
scholar; then let all the spare pennies, five cent and ten 
cent bills which the children can earn, be put in the 
envelope until they amount to one dollar.