UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 3/31/99
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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, MA 5/11/1999
[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: 149
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $263,484
(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 NON
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 14,044 300 SH SOLE 300
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,046,259 22,350 SH DEFINED 01 22,350
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 11,117,968 237,500 SH OTHER 237,500
American Express Co. COM 025816109 737,115 6,260 SH OTHER 6,260
American Home Products COM 026609107 234,900 3,600 SH SOLE 3,600
American Home Products COM 026609107 52,200 800 SH DEFINED 01 800
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 39,324 326 SH SOLE 326
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 2,576,429 21,359 SH DEFINED O1 21,359
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 17,236,951 142,897 SH OTHER 142,897
ATT Corp COM 001957109 191,550 2,400 SH SOLE 2,400
ATT Corp COM 001957109 1,059,272 13,272 SH DEFINED O1 13,272
ATT Corp COM 001957109 2,471,394 30,965 SH OTHER 30,965
Ameritech Corp COM 030954101 135,995 2,360 SH SOLE 2,360
Ameritech Corp COM 030954101 1,527,524 26,508 SH DEFINED O1 26,508
Ameritech Corp COM 030954101 1,147,314 19,820 SH OTHER 19,820
Automatic Data Proc. COM 053015103 8,275 200 SH SOLE 200
Automatic Data Proc. COM 053015103 1,346,756 32,550 SH DEFINED 01 32,550
Automatic Data Proc. COM 053015103 9,761,604 235,930 SH OTHER 235,930
BankAmerica Corp COM 06605F102 28,250 400 SH OTHER 400
BankBoston COM 06605R106 2,027,025 46,800 SH OTHER 46,800
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 95,105 1,840 SH SOLE 1,840
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 588,307 11,382 SH DEFINED O1 11,382
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 517,702 10,016 SH OTHER 10,016
BellSouth COM 079860102 7,211 180 SH SOLE 180
BellSouth COM 079860102 21,634 540 SH DEFINED 01 540
BellSouth COM 079860102 35,576 888 SH OTHER 888
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 84,636 36 SH SOLE 36
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 907,486 386 SH DEFINED 01 386
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 1,149,669 489 SH OTHER 489
BP Amoco PLC ADR 055622104 160,388 1,588 SH DEFINED 01 1,588
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 330,885 5,160 SH OTHER 5,160
Capital One Financial COM 14040H105 60,400 400 SH OTHER 400
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 29,419 450 SH SOLE 450
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 81,719 1,250 SH DEFINED 01 1,250
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 1,205,515 18,440 SH OTHER 18,440
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 54,781 500 SH OTHER 500
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 15,669 250 SH OTHER 250
Coca Cola COM 191216100 729,749 11,890 SH SOLE 11,890
Coca Cola COM 191216100 3,499,603 57,020 SH DEFINED O1 57,020
Coca Cola COM 191216100 13,046,178 212,565 SH OTHER 212,565
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 4,358 140 SH SOLE 140
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 171,188 5,500 SH DEFINED 01 5,500
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 666,075 21,400 SH OTHER 21,400
Dupont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 139,002 2,394 SH DEFINED 01 2,394
Elan PLC ADR COM 284131208 69,750 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 3,895 80 SH SOLE 80
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 243,438 5,000 SH DEFINED 01 5,000
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 851,058 17,480 SH OTHER 17,480
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 145,578 2,750 SH SOLE 2,750
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 670,983 12,675 SH DEFINED 01 12,675
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 2,915,268 55,070 SH OTHER 55,070
Ericsson L M Tel Co. CL COM 294821400 404,813 17,000 SH OTHER 17,000
Exxon COM 302290101 28,225 400 SH SOLE 400
Exxon COM 302290101 204,631 2,900 SH DEFINED 01 2,900
Exxon COM 302290101 2,169,740 29,332 SH OTHER 29,332
First Union Corp COM 337358105 23,513 440 SH OTHER 440
General Electric COM 369604103 634,545 5,736 SH SOLE 5,736
General Electric COM 369604103 4,288,931 38,770 SH DEFINED O1 38,770
General Electric COM 369604103 19,887,499 179,774 SH OTHER 179,774
General Mills COM 370334104 226,688 3,000 SH DEFINED 01 3,000
General Mills COM 370334104 45,338 600 SH OTHER 600
Genzyme Corp COM 372917104 50,438 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 44,578 750 SH SOLE 750
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 823,507 13,855 SH DEFINED 01 13,855
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 3,352,275 56,400 SH OTHER 56,400
GTE Corp COM 362320103 12,100 200 SH OTHER 200
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 18,309 270 SH SOLE 270
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 651,000 9,600 SH DEFINED 01 9,600
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 3,533,032 52,100 SH OTHER 52,100
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 176,529 1,485 SH DEFINED 01 1,485
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 1,091,273 9,180 SH OTHER 9,180
Int'l Flav. & Fragrance COM 459506101 88,272 2,350 SH DEFINED 01 2,350
Int'l Flav. & Fragrance COM 459506101 437,228 11,640 SH OTHER 11,640
International Paper Co. COM 460146103 110,531 2,620 SH OTHER 2,620
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 70,900 400 SH OTHER 400
Investors Finl Services COM 461915100 57,500 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 916,300 9,800 SH SOLE 9,800
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5,770,353 61,715 SH DEFINED 01 61,715
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 20,755,130 221,980 SH OTHER 221,980
Kellogg COM 487836108 27,050 800 SH SOLE 800
Kellogg COM 487836108 27,050 800 SH OTHER 800
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 413,424 3,828 SH SOLE 3,828
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1,192,860 11,045 SH DEFINED 01 11,045
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 5,708,664 52,858 SH OTHER 52,858
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 89,100 1,200 SH SOLE 1,200
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 991,238 13,350 SH DEFINED O1 13,350
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 6,314,963 85,050 SH OTHER 85,050
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 163,500 3,000 SH DEFINED 01 3,000
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 6,104,000 112,000 SH OTHER 112,000
McDonalds COM 580135101 18,125 400 SH SOLE 400
McDonalds COM 580135101 36,250 800 SH DEFINED 01 800
McDonalds COM 580135101 90,625 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Medtronic Corp. COM 585055106 71,785 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Merck COM 589331107 668,243 8,340 SH SOLE 8,340
Merck COM 589331107 4,802,528 61,186 SH DEFINED 01 61,186
Merck COM 589331107 23,833,984 297,460 SH OTHER 297,460
Microsoft COM 594918104 408,690 4,560 SH DEFINED 01 4,560
Microsoft COM 594918104 1,031,584 11,510 SH OTHER 11,510
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 91,975 1,300 SH SOLE 1,300
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 753,488 10,650 SH DEFINED 01 10,650
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 2,183,699 30,865 SH OTHER 30,865
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 88,000 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 166,556 1,350 SH SOLE 1,350
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 1,984,240 16,083 SH DEFINED 01 16,083
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 6,762,678 54,814 SH OTHER 54,814
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 16,848 230 SH SOLE 230
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 625,921 8,545 SH DEFINED 01 8,545
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 3,266,218 44,590 SH OTHER 44,590
National City Corp. COM 635405103 5,310 80 SH DEFINED 01 80
National City Corp. COM 635405103 49,782 750 SH OTHER 750
New England Electric Sys COM 644001109 22,989 47 SH OTHER 47
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 3,374,875 38,000 SH OTHER 38,000
Pepsico COM 713448108 21,161 540 SH SOLE 540
Pepsico COM 713448108 711,253 18,150 SH DEFINED O1 18,150
Pepsico COM 713448108 10,069,229 256,950 SH OTHER 256,950
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 754,119 7,700 SH SOLE 7,700
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 3,873,428 39,550 SH DEFINED 01 39,550
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 8,201,287 83,740 SH OTHER 83,740
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 11,725 200 SH SOLE 200
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 167,081 2,850 SH DEFINED 01 2,850
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 33,416 570 SH OTHER 570
Reuters Group OLC COM 76132M102 90,350 1,040 SH OTHER 1,040
Sara Lee Corp. COM 803111103 1,514,700 61,200 SH OTHER 61,200
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 61,344 1,300 SH OTHER 1,300
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 1,354,219 22,500 SH OTHER 22,500
Service Corp. Int'l COM 817565104 14,250 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 15,503 530 SH SOLE 530
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 359,775 12,300 SH DEFINED 01 12,300
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 2,316,601 79,200 SH OTHER 79,200
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 222,097 7,150 SH DEFINED 01 7,150
State Street Boston COM 857473102 6,580 80 SH SOLE 80
State Street Boston COM 857473102 827,435 10,060 SH DEFINED 01 10,060
State Street Boston COM 857473102 7,868,858 95,670 SH OTHER 95,670
Stryker COM 863667101 186,619 3,700 SH DEFINED 01 3,700
Stryker COM 863667101 667,793 13,240 SH OTHER 13,240
Sysco COM 871829107 15,788 600 SH SOLE 600
Sysco COM 871829107 435,472 16,550 SH DEFINED 01 16,550
Sysco COM 871829107 1,828,720 69,500 SH OTHER 69,500
TECO Energy COM 872375100 7,950 400 SH SOLE 400
TECO Energy COM 872375100 74,531 3,750 SH DEFINED 01 3,750
TECO Energy COM 872375100 103,350 5,200 SH OTHER 5,200
Texas Instruments Inc. COM 882508104 94,288 950 SH OTHER 950
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 1,450,240 20,480 SH OTHER 20,480
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 21,525 2,100 SH SOLE 2,100
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 46,125 4,500 SH DEFINED 01 4,500
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 1,306,875 127,500 SH OTHER 127,500
Wilmington Trust Corp. COM 971807102 228,500 4,000 SH OTHER 4,000
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