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[Freedom Letterhead]
March 4, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Freedom Mutual Fund
Certification Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 2-70863
1940 Investment Company Act No. 811-3126
CIK No. 0000350300
Freedom Group of Tax Exempt Funds
Certification Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 2-78609
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-3519
CIK No. 0000704348
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Freedom Mutual Fund and Freedom Group of Tax Exempt Funds (each a
"Registrant" and collectively the "Registrants") hereby transmit this
certification for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended ("Rule 497(j)").
Each Registrant hereby certifies that its form (or, in the case of
Freedom Group of Tax Exempt Funds, forms) of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule
497 does not materially differ from that contained in the most recently filed
Post-Effective Amendment to such Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, which was filed via EDGAR on March 1, 1999 and became effective as of
March 1, 1999. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 497(j), each Registrant files this
certification in lieu of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
required by Rule 497(c).
Any questions with respect to this registration notice should be
directed to the undersigned at (617) 725-2152.
Very truly yours,
/s/ John J. Danello
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John J. Danello
Executive Vice President
cc: Regina M. Pisa, P.C.
John Hunt, Esquire
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
