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January 8, 1998
VIA EDGAR
EDGAR Operations Branch
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Evergreen Municipal Trust
(Evergreen High Grade Tax Free Fund)
-Registration Statement on Form N-14
CIK 0000757440
(File No. 333-41481)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectus/Proxy Statement
and Statement of Additional Information for Evergreen High Grade Tax Free Fund
does not differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the
"Amendment") to Evergreen Municipal Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-14.
This Amendment was filed electronically on January 6, 1998.
Any comments on this filing should be directed to me at (202) 775-8190.
Very truly yours,
/s/Robert N. Hickey
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Robert N. Hickey
Enclosures
cc: Dorothy Bourassa, Esq.
T. Hal Clarke, Esq.
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