UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 6/30/99
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This Amendment (check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: James R. Nichols
Address: Nichols & Pratt Advisers, LLP
50 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-4017
Form 13F File number: 28-3162
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
James R. Nichols Boston, Massachusetts 8/10/99
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this
reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in
this report, and all holdings are reported by other
reporting manager(s).
[ X ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
List of other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
Form 13F File Number Name
28-4528 Fleet Investment Advisors
28-unknown Marine Midland Bank
28-unknown State Street Bank & Trust Co.
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 1
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 147
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $270,578
(thousands)
List of other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
01 28-3168 Harold I. Pratt
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Form 13F INFORMATION
TABLE
VALUE SHS/SH INVSTMNT OTHER VOTING AUTH
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP X$1000) PRN AMT DISCRETION MGRS SOLE SHARED NONE
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 4,538 100 SH SOLE 100
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,017,534 22,425 SH DEFINED 01 22,425
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 10,785,638 237,700 SH OTHER 237,700
American Express Co. COM 025816109 814,583 6,260 SH OTHER 6,260
American Home Products COM 026609107 45,900 800 SH DEFINED 01 800
American Home Products COM 026609107 160,650 2,800 SH OTHER 2,800
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 8,677 74 SH SOLE 74
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 2,507,274 21,384 SH DEFINED O1 21,384
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 16,784,220 143,149 SH OTHER 143,149
ATT Corp COM 001957109 1,111,059 19,907 SH DEFINED O1 19,907
ATT Corp COM 001957109 2,787,667 49,947 SH OTHER 49,947
Ameritech Corp COM 030954101 1,933,638 26,308 SH DEFINED O1 26,308
Ameritech Corp COM 030954101 1,662,145 22,070 SH OTHER 22,070
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 8,800 200 SH SOLE 200
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 1,432,200 32,550 SH DEFINED 01 32,550
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 10,380,920 235,930 SH OTHER 235,930
BankAmerica Corp COM 06605F102 29,325 400 SH OTHER 400
BankBoston COM 06605R106 2,162,588 42,300 SH OTHER 42,300
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 744,098 11,382 SH DEFINED O1 11,382
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 775,086 11,856 SH OTHER 11,856
BellSouth COM 079860102 24,908 540 SH DEFINED 01 540
BellSouth COM 079860102 49,262 1,068 SH OTHER 1,068
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 864,640 386 SH DEFINED 01 386
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 1,176,000 525 SH OTHER 525
BP Amoco PLC ADR 055622104 118,048 1,088 SH DEFINED 01 1,088
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 363,458 5,160 SH OTHER 5,160
Capital One Financial COM 14040H105 66,825 1,200 SH OTHER 1,200
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 19,013 200 SH OTHER 200
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 3,359 50 SH SOLE 50
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 85,664 1,275 SH DEFINED 01 1,275
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 1,265,813 18,840 SH OTHER 18,840
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 68,949 1,070 SH OTHER 1,070
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 17,813 375 SH OTHER 375
Coca Cola COM 191216100 5,580 90 SH SOLE 90
Coca Cola COM 191216100 3,503,310 56,505 SH DEFINED O1 56,505
Coca Cola COM 191216100 13,910,630 224,365 SH OTHER 224,365
Crown, Cork & Seal COM 228255105 28,500 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 4,314 140 SH SOLE 140
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 177,172 5,750 SH DEFINED 01 5,750
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 659,388 21,400 SH OTHER 21,400
Dominion Res Inc. VA COM 257470104 20,920 483 SH OTHER 483
Dow Chemical COM 260543103 25,375 200 SH OTHER 200
Dupont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 163,540 2,394 SH DEFINED 01 2,394
Eastman Kodak COM 277461109 7,588 112 SH OTHER 112
Elan PLC ADR COM 284131208 55,500 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 4,530 80 SH SOLE 80
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 283,125 5,000 SH DEFINED 01 5,000
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 989,805 17,480 SH OTHER 17,480
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 3,147 50 SH SOLE 50
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 797,733 12,675 SH DEFINED 01 12,675
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 3,635,899 57,770 SH OTHER 57,770
Ericsson L M Tel Co. CL COM 294821400 559,938 17,000 SH OTHER 17,000
Exxon COM 302290101 223,663 2,900 SH DEFINED 01 2,900
Exxon COM 302290101 2,200,531 28,532 SH OTHER 28,532
First Union Corp COM 337358105 20,735 440 SH OTHER 440
General Electric COM 369604103 9,040 80 SH SOLE 80
General Electric COM 369604103 4,245,410 37,570 SH DEFINED O1 37,570
General Electric COM 369604103 20,727,590 183,430 SH OTHER 183,430
General Mills COM 370334104 241,125 3,000 SH DEFINED 01 3,000
General Mills COM 370334104 48,225 600 SH OTHER 600
Genzyme Corp General Div COM 372917104 48,500 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Genzyme Molecular 372917500 297 108 SH OTHER 108
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 2,050 50 SH SOLE 50
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 572,155 13,955 SH DEFINED 01 13,955
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 2,341,100 57,100 SH OTHER 57,100
GTE Corp COM 362320103 15,100 200 SH OTHER 200
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 7,035 70 SH SOLE 70
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 964,800 9,600 SH DEFINED 01 9,600
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 5,256,150 52,300 SH OTHER 52,300
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 176,715 2,970 SH DEFINED 01 2,970
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 1,092,420 18,360 SH OTHER 18,360
Int'l Flavors & FragranceCOM 459506101 103,400 2,350 SH DEFINED 01 2,350
Int'l Flavors & FragranceCOM 459506101 512,160 11,640 SH OTHER 11,640
International Paper Co. COM 460146103 100,500 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 103,400 800 SH OTHER 800
Investors Finl Services COM 461915100 80,000 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 9,800 100 SH SOLE 100
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5,803,070 59,215 SH DEFINED 01 59,215
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 22,469,440 229,280 SH OTHER 229,280
Kerr McGee Corp. COM 492386107 18,519 369 SH OTHER 369
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 413,424 3,828 SH SOLE 3,828
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1,489,694 22,090 SH DEFINED 01 22,090
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 7,588,607 112,528 SH OTHER 112,528
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 1,010,428 13,350 SH DEFINED O1 13,350
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 6,528,046 86,250 SH OTHER 86,250
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 161,813 3,000 SH DEFINED 01 3,000
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 6,041,000 112,000 SH OTHER 112,000
McDonalds COM 580135101 32,900 800 SH DEFINED 01 800
McDonalds COM 580135101 98,700 2,400 SH OTHER 2,400
Medtronic Corp. COM 585055106 77,875 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Merck COM 589331107 10,308 140 SH SOLE 140
Merck COM 589331107 4,464,326 60,636 SH DEFINED 01 60,636
Merck COM 589331107 22,504,219 305,600 SH OTHER 305,660
Microsoft COM 594918104 411,255 4,560 SH DEFINED 01 4,560
Microsoft COM 594918104 1,038,058 11,510 SH OTHER 11,510
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 497,717 5,725 SH DEFINED 01 5,725
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 2,497,280 28,725 SH OTHER 28,725
Minnesota Power COM 604110106 7,950 400 SH OTHER 400
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 7,025 50 SH SOLE 50
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 2,259,662 16,083 SH DEFINED 01 16,083
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 7,743,517 55,114 SH OTHER 55,114
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 809,639 8,545 SH DEFINED 01 8,545
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 4,243,853 44,790 SH OTHER 44,790
National City Corp. COM 635405103 5,240 80 SH DEFINED 01 80
National City Corp. COM 635405103 49,125 750 SH OTHER 750
New England Electric Sys COM 644001109 23,759 474 SH OTHER 474
Nisource Inc. 65473P105 11,151 432 SH OTHER 432
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 3,686,000 38,000 SH OTHER 38,000
Ocean Energy 67481E106 9,625 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Pepsico COM 713448108 5,416 140 SH SOLE 140
Pepsico COM 713448108 705,080 18,225 SH DEFINED O1 18,225
Pepsico COM 713448108 9,956,228 257,350 SH OTHER 257,350
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 21,800 200 SH OTHER 200
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 8,925 100 SH SOLE 100
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3,531,176 39,565 SH DEFINED 01 39,565
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 8,134,245 91,140 SH OTHER 91,140
Ranger Oil COM 752805101 4,938 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 200,925 2,850 SH DEFINED 01 2,850
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 54,285 770 SH OTHER 770
Reuters Group OLC COM 76132M102 84,305 1,040 SH OTHER 1,040
Santa Fe Snyder COM 80218K105 8,000 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Sara Lee Corp. COM 803111103 1,388,475 61,200 SH OTHER 61,200
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 75,400 1,300 SH OTHER 1,300
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 1,432,969 22,500 SH OTHER 22,500
Service Corp. Int'l COM 817565104 19,250 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 4,477 130 SH SOLE 130
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 423,581 12,300 SH DEFINED 01 12,300
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 2,741,225 79,600 SH OTHER 79,600
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 227,459 7,150 SH DEFINED 01 7,150
State Street Boston COM 857473102 6,830 80 SH SOLE 80
State Street Boston COM 857473102 858,873 10,060 SH DEFINED 01 10,060
State Street Boston COM 857473102 8,167,826 95,670 SH OTHER 95,670
Stryker COM 863667101 222,463 3,700 SH DEFINED 01 3,700
Stryker COM 863667101 796,055 13,240 SH OTHER 13,240
Sybase, Inc. COM 871130100 17,160 1,560 SH SOLE 1,560
Sysco COM 871829107 5,963 200 SH SOLE 200
Sysco COM 871829107 496,378 16,650 SH DEFINED 01 16,650
Sysco COM 871829107 2,083,894 69,900 SH OTHER 69,900
TECO Energy COM 872375100 85,313 3,750 SH DEFINED 01 3,750
TECO Energy COM 872375100 127,400 5,600 SH OTHER 5,600
Texas Instruments Inc. COM 882508104 136,800 950 SH OTHER 950
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 1,487,360 20,480 SH OTHER 20,480
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 21,525 2,100 SH SOLE 2,100
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 52,875 4,500 SH DEFINED 01 4,500
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 1,522,800 129,600 SH OTHER 129,600
Wilmington Trust Corp. COM 971807102 229,500 4,000 SH OTHER 4,000
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