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Sentinel Pennsylvania Tax-Free Trust
April 2, 1997
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Sentinel Pennsylvania Tax-Free Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File Nos. 33-7664 and 811-4781)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Sentinel Pennsylvania Tax-Free Trust (the "Trust") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
15 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting
the most recent amendment to the Trust's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 1997.
Very truly yours,
SENTINEL PENNSYLVANIA TAX-FREE TRUST
By: /s/ D. Russell Morgan
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D. Russell Morgan
Secretary
