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NUVEEN MULTISTATE TAX-FREE TRUST
333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
April 5, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attention: Filing Desk
Re: Nuveen Multistate Tax-Free Trust
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
File No. 33-43285 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 8)
File No. 811-6435 (Amendment No. 11)
Gentlemen:
Nuveen Multistate Tax-Free Trust (the "Registrant") hereby
certifies, pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that (i) the
form of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that
contained in the above captioned, most recently filed amendment to the
registration statement of the Registrant (the "Amendment"), and (ii) the text of
the Amendment has been filed electronically.
Nuveen Multistate Tax-Free Trust
By: /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
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Gifford R. Zimmerman, Vice President
