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DuBois, W. E. B., estimate of the bank, 89-93; circulars issued 
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 129. by Douglass, 151; report of 
Durham, of Kentucky, introduces national bank examiner, 84; 
bill in House to abolish the placed in liquidation, 93-94; 
board of commissioners, 107; plan of reorganization, 94, 136; 
on Freedmen’s Savings Bank, bank is closed, 97; condition 
113. at time of failure, 98; causes of 
Eaton, D. L., actuary and trustee, failure, 99; affairs administered 
32,39, 70,.76, 77, 110; con- by board of commissioners, 
nected with Freedmen’s Bureau, 101-121; dividends paid, 141, 
39. . 143; affairs of bank investigated 
Eaton, John, chaplain in Grant’s by committee of Congress, 108; 
army supervises Negro labor, 6. affairs under the comptroller of 
Eliot, of Massachusetts, introduces the currency, 123-130; public 
Freedmen’s Savings Bank bill documents relating to the bank, 
into the House, 25. 162. 
First National Bank in Washing- Frost, of Massachusetts, member 
ton, D. C,, influence in Freed- of the Douglas Committee, 108. 
men’s Savings Bank, 40, 74; Gallinger, Senator, introduces bill 
fails, 82. to reimburse depositors, 128. 
Fleming, R. I, borrower from Garland, A. H., member of Bruce 
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 77. Committee of the Senate, 108; 
Fortress Monroe, Gen. B. F. But- letter from Frederick Douglass, 
ler and the contrabands, 5. 137. 
“Forty acres and a mule,” 11. Gordon, Gen. John B., member of 
Free Labor Banks, established in Bruce Committee, 108. 
New Orleans, 20; absorbed by Grant, Gen. U. S., sets Negroes 
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 34. to work in Tennessee, 6. 
Free Labor Bureau in Louisiana, Hamilton, cashier at Lexington, 
13. Kentucky, short in accounts, 
Freedmen’s Bureau, established, 61, 6o. 
13; “Forty acres and a mule,” Harris, S. L., general inspector, 39. 
12; relation to Freedmen’s Sav- Hawley, of Connecticut, defends 
ings Bank, 35, 39, 53, 68, 125. Purvis, Negro commissioner, 
Freedmen’s Savings Bank, incor- 113. 
porated by Congress, 25-26; Hayes, J. H., testimony in 1910, 
act of incorporation, 131; change 159. 
of charter, 42, 59, 70, 136; list Herald, New York, prints letter 
of trustees, 131; relation to of Douglass, 155. 
Freedmen’s Bureau, 35, 39; Hewitt, Mahlon H., president of 
list of branch banks, 38; local I'reedmen’s Savings Bank, 32. 
board at branches, 43; head- Hooker, of New York, member of 
quarters New York, Lake Wash- Douglas Committee, 108. 
ington, 39; savings of total Howard, Gen. C. H., of the Freed- 
deposits, 50; interest paid, 50; men’s Bureau, trustee of the 
advertising matter distributed, Freedmen’s Savings Bank, 76. 
43-46, 144-150; mismanage- Howard, General O. O., comis- 
ment, 53; incompetent and dis- sioner of Freedmen’s Bureau, 
honest officials, 56, 60; bad 14; endorses the bank, 35, 44, 
condition of records, 56; Fred- 146; trustee of the bank, 68; 
erick Douglass’ account of the relation to Howard University,