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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest Commission
event reported): September 19, 1997 File Number 0-18279
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Tri-County Financial Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland 52-0692188
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
3035 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20601
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(301) 645-5601
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Item 7 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
1. Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (filed herewith).
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Tri-County Financial Corporation
Date: October 7, 1997 By:/s/ Michael L. Middleton
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Michael L. Middleton, President
and Chairman of the Board
Date: October 7, 1997 By:/s/ Henry A. Shorter
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Henry A. Shorter, Jr., Secretary
October 6, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 9-5
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sirs/Madams:
We have read and agree with the comments in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4
of Item 4 of Form 8-K of Tri-County Financial Corporation dated
September 19, 1997 and filed on September 25, 1997. We have read
and have no basis for agreeing or disagreeing with the comments
in paragraphs 1 and 5 of Item 4 of such Form 8-K.
Yours truly,
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
