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FILE NO. 333-59997
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO THE PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 30, 1998)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1784
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FIXED RATE NOTES
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $10,000,000
CUSIP NUMBER: 59018SS39
INTEREST RATE: 6.00000%
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: October 20, 1998
STATED MATURITY DATE: October 21, 2002
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each May 15 and November 15, commencing on November 16, 1998 through and on
the Stated Maturity Date, subject to Following Business Day Convention.
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION
OF THE HOLDER: The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION
OF THE COMPANY: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
FORM: The Notes are being issued in fully registered book-entry form.
TRUSTEE: The Chase Manhattan Bank
DATED: October 15, 1998
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