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August 9, 1999


To the Shareholders and Trustees of
SEI Liquid Asset Trust


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of SEI
Liquid Asset Trust for the year ended June 30, 1999, we considered its
internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal
control.

The management of SEI Liquid Asset Trust is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control.  In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally,
controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are
fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.  Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may
occur and not be detected.  Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of
the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in which the design
or operation of one or more of the internal control components does not
reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by
error or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected
within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of June 30, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and Trustees of SEI Liquid Asset Trust and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP



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