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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Foster Dykema Cabot & Co., Inc.
Address: 50 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
13F File Number: 1037558
The Institutional investment manager filing this report and the person
by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the
report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein
is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required
items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral
parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Ruth Jacobson
Title: V.P. Administration
Phone: 617-423-3900
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
Ruth Jacobson Boston, MA December 1, 1999
Report Type: 13F Holdings Report
List of other Managers Reporting for this Manager: 0
I am signing this report as required by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Fidelity Intermediate Gov't In 31617K303 22523831.965 SH SOLE 23831.965
MFS Ser Trust V Total Return F 552981300 2061 141452 SH SOLE 141452
ALLTEL, Corp. COM 020039103 267 3800 SH SOLE 3800
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 831 22650 SH SOLE 22650
Adaptec Inc. COM 00651F108 214 5398 SH SOLE 5398
Allmerica Financial Corp. COM 019754100 438 9200 SH SOLE 9200
American Express COM 025816109 4981 36900 SH SOLE 36900
American Home Products COM 026609107 705 16996 SH SOLE 16996
American International Group COM 026874107 5522 63513 SH SOLE 63513
Ameritech Corp. COM 030954101 248 3713 SH SOLE 3713
Atlantic Richfield Co. COM 048825103 222 2500 SH SOLE 2500
Automatic Data Processing, Inc COM 053015103 393 8800 SH SOLE 8800
BP Amoco, PLC COM 055622104 379 3423 SH SOLE 3423
Bank One Corp. COM 06423A103 536 15407 SH SOLE 15407
BankAmerica Corp. (New) COM 06605F102 223 4000 SH SOLE 4000
BankBoston, Corp. COM 528 11380 SH SOLE 11380
Bellsouth Corp. COM 079860102 218 4848 SH SOLE 4848
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Cl. A COM 084670108 10395 189 SH SOLE 189
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Cl. B COM 084670207 3322 1790 SH SOLE 1790
Brandywine Realty Trust COM 105368203 190 11700 SH SOLE 11700
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 1281 18984 SH SOLE 18984
Camden Property Trust COM 133131102 226 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Catellus Development Corp. COM 149111106 1209 102860 SH SOLE 102860
Cedar Fair Limited Partnership COM 150185106 3582 172640 SH SOLE 172640
Central European Value Fund, I COM 153455100 665 66541 SH SOLE 66541
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 314 3540 SH SOLE 3540
Coca-Cola Co. COM 191216100 2219 46000 SH SOLE 46000
Cohen & Steers Equity Income F COM 191912401 2111 222026 SH SOLE 222026
Cohen & Steers Total Return Re COM 19247R103 1269 113400 SH SOLE 113400
Colgate Palmolive Co. COM 194162103 398 8700 SH SOLE 8700
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160K105 4288 59555 SH SOLE 59555
Disney (Walt) Co. COM 254687106 927 35650 SH SOLE 35650
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 7650 187151 SH SOLE 187151
Du Pont De Nemours & Co. COM 263534109 322 5324 SH SOLE 5324
Eli Lilly & Co. COM 532457108 404 6290 SH SOLE 6290
Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 635 10050 SH SOLE 10050
Equifax, Inc. COM 294429105 807 28710 SH SOLE 28710
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 1507 19826 SH SOLE 19826
First Financial Fund, Inc. COM 320228109 87 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Forrester Research COM 346563109 989 25350 SH SOLE 25350
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 5856 112620 SH SOLE 112620
GPU, Inc. COM 36225X100 408 12500 SH SOLE 12500
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 322 4184 SH SOLE 4184
Gannett Co. COM 364730101 928 13410 SH SOLE 13410
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 7169 60463 SH SOLE 60463
Genzyme Corp. COM 372917104 451 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 3192 94062 SH SOLE 94062
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 280 3082 SH SOLE 3082
IBM, Corp. COM 459200101 290 2400 SH SOLE 2400
Intel, Corp. COM 458140100 244 3280 SH SOLE 3280
J.P. Morgan & Company COM 616880100 228 2000 SH SOLE 2000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 3344 36402 SH SOLE 36402
Leucadia National Corp. COM 527288104 246 11700 SH SOLE 11700
Lincoln Electric Holding Inc. COM 533900106 1864 89275 SH SOLE 89275
Loews, Corp. COM 540424108 407 5800 SH SOLE 5800
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 625 9636 SH SOLE 9636
MGI Properties COM 552885105 156 17300 SH SOLE 17300
Manpower, Inc. COM 56418H100 1820 62500 SH SOLE 62500
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 744 11486 SH SOLE 11486
Microsoft Corp. (Restricted) COM 594918104 213 2348 SH SOLE 2348
Minnesota Mining & Manuf. (3M) COM 604059105 826 8597 SH SOLE 8597
Mobil Oil Corp. COM 607059102 424 4210 SH SOLE 4210
Montgomery Emerging Markets COM 245 6627 SH SOLE 6627
Pepsico, Inc. COM 713448108 280 9195 SH SOLE 9195
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 495 13785 SH SOLE 13785
Pitney Bowes, Inc. COM 724479100 463 7600 SH SOLE 7600
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 1716 18304 SH SOLE 18304
Progressive Corp. COM 743315103 1168 14300 SH SOLE 14300
RailTex COM 750766107 396 24030 SH SOLE 24030
Royal Dutch Petroleum COM 780257705 428 7248 SH SOLE 7248
S&P Depository Receipts COM 78462F103 404 3135 SH SOLE 3135
SBC Communications, Inc. COM 78387G103 223 4364 SH SOLE 4364
SSGA Emerging Markets Fund COM 784924789 1336 129985 SH SOLE 129985
Sara Lee Corp. COM 803111103 318 13600 SH SOLE 13600
Schering-Plough Corp. COM 806605101 291 6672 SH SOLE 6672
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 366 5873 SH SOLE 5873
Schroder Equity Partners COM 584 326265 SH SOLE 326265
Scudder International Fund COM 811165109 212 3781 SH SOLE 3781
Servicemaster Company COM 81760N109 8271 514947 SH SOLE 514947
Smithkline Beecham - Ordinary COM 832378301 295 5120 SH SOLE 5120
Sprint, Corp. (FON Group) COM 852061100 412 7600 SH SOLE 7600
Star Bay Partners II-Public Eq COM 626 400000 SH SOLE 400000
T. Rowe Price International St COM 77956H203 198 12213 SH SOLE 12213
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fun COM 779562107 225 9368 SH SOLE 9368
Telefonos de Mexico COM 879403780 214 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Templeton Foreign Equity Fund COM 880210505 998 51700 SH SOLE 51700
Tenet Healthcare Corp. COM 88033G100 260 14800 SH SOLE 14800
Tweedy Browne Global Value Fun COM 901165100 3905 190589 SH SOLE 190589
Tyco Int'l Ltd. COM 902124106 2841 27517 SH SOLE 27517
Vodafone Airtouch Public Limit COM 92857T107 401 1688 SH SOLE 1688
Walmart Stores Inc. COM 931142103 705 14820 SH SOLE 14820
Warner-Lambert Company COM 934488107 319 4800 SH SOLE 4800
Washington Post "B" COM 939640108 204 400 SH SOLE 400
Wells Fargo & Co. (New) COM 949746101 4716 119020 SH SOLE 119020
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