UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 9/30/00
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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, Massachusetts 11/7/2000
[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: 161
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $294,902
(thousands)
List of other Included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
01 28-3168 Harold I. Pratt
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Form 13F INFORMATION
VALUE SHS/SH INVSTMNT OTHER VOTING AUTH
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP X$1000) PRN AMT DISCRETION MGRS SOLE SHARED
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 4,756 100 SH SOLE 100
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,066,589 22,425 SH DEFINED 01 22,425
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 11,395,975 239,600 SH OTHER 239,600
Agilent Technologies COM 00846U101 9,788 200 SH SOLE 200
Agilent Technologies COM 00846U101 205,440 4,198 SH DEFINED 01 4,198
Agilent Technologies COM 00846U101 1,058,127 21,622 SH OTHER 21,622
Allete COM 018522102 8,850 400 SH OTHER 400
American Express Co. COM 025816109 1,213,785 19,980 SH OTHER 19,980
American Home Products COM 026609107 90,500 1,600 SH SOLE 1,600
American Home Products COM 026609107 33,938 600 SH DEFINED 01 600
American Home Products COM 026609107 101,813 1,800 SH OTHER 1,800
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 26,793 280 SH SOLE 280
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 3,263,614 34,107 SH DEFINED O1 34,107
American Int'l Group COM 026874107 25,776,299 269,380 SH OTHER 269,380
ATT Corp COM 001957109 30,844 1,050 SH SOLE 1,050
ATT Corp COM 001957109 575,868 19,604 SH DEFINED O1 19,604
ATT Corp COM 001957109 1,455,500 49,552 SH OTHER 49,552
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 20,063 300 SH SOLE 300
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 2,123,281 31,750 SH DEFINED 01 31,750
Automatic Data ProcessingCOM 053015103 15,717,631 235,030 SH OTHER 235,030
BankAmerica Corp COM 06605F102 31,425 600 SH OTHER 600
Bank of New York COM 064057102 44,850 800 SH OTHER 800
BellSouth COM 079860102 21,735 540 SH DEFINED 01 540
BellSouth COM 079860102 59,087 1,468 SH OTHER 1,468
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 799,020 386 SH DEFINED 01 386
Berkshire Hathaway CL B COM 084670207 1,192,320 576 SH OTHER 576
Boston Scientific COM 110122108 19,725 1,200 SH OTHER 1,200
BP Amoco PLC ADR 055622104 115,328 2,176 SH DEFINED 01 2,176
Bristol Myers Squibb COM 110122108 245,638 4,300 SH OTHER 4,300
Capital One Financial COM 14040H105 84,075 1,200 SH OTHER 1,200
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 17,050 200 SH OTHER 200
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 17,425 400 SH SOLE 400
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 213,456 4,900 SH DEFINED 01 4,900
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 4,016,463 92,200 SH OTHER 92,200
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 55,250 1,000 SH DEFINED 01 1,000
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 550,843 9,970 SH OTHER 9,970
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 27,031 500 SH OTHER 500
Coca Cola COM 191216100 391,388 7,100 SH SOLE 7,100
Coca Cola COM 191216100 2,759,282 50,055 SH DEFINED O1 50,055
Coca Cola COM 191216100 12,271,101 222,605 SH OTHER 222,605
Dean Foods COM 242361103 6,650 200 SH DEFINED 01 200
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 9,180 240 SH SOLE 240
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 258,188 6,750 SH DEFINED 01 6,750
Disney (Walt) Company COM 254687106 909,394 23,775 SH OTHER 23,775
Dominion Res Inc. VA COM 257470104 28,044 483 SH OTHER 483
Dow Chemical COM 260543103 14,963 600 SH OTHER 600
Dupont E I De Nemours COM 263534109 99,201 2,394 SH DEFINED 01 2,394
Eastman Kodak COM 277461109 4,578 112 SH OTHER 112
Elan PLC ADR COM 284131208 164,250 3,000 SH OTHER 3,000
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 16,600 400 SH SOLE 400
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 215,800 5,200 SH DEFINED 01 5,200
Electronic Data Systems COM 285661104 917,980 22,120 SH OTHER 22,120
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 194,300 2,900 SH SOLE 2,900
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 862,625 12,875 SH DEFINED 01 12,875
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 3,910,790 58,370 SH OTHER 58,370
Ericsson L M Tel Co. CL COM 294821400 1,007,250 68,000 SH OTHER 68,000
Exxon Mobil COM 30231G102 258,463 2,900 SH DEFINED 01 2,900
Exxon Mobil COM 30231G102 726,547 8,152 SH OTHER 8,152
First Union Corp COM 337358105 14,613 440 SH OTHER 440
FleetBoston Financial COM 339030108 797,784 20,456 SH OTHER 20,456
General Electric COM 369604103 446,501 7,740 SH SOLE 7,740
General Electric COM 369604103 4,383,096 75,980 SH DEFINED O1 75,980
General Electric COM 369604103 23,834,168 413,160 SH OTHER 413,160
General Mills COM 370334104 213,000 6,000 SH DEFINED 01 6,000
General Mills COM 370334104 42,600 1,200 SH OTHER 1,200
Genzyme Corp General Div COM 372917104 68,188 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
Genzyme Surgical Prod COM 372917609 1,343 179 SH OTHER 179
Genzyme Molecular COM 372917500 1,499 108 SH OTHER 108
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 18,525 600 SH SOLE 600
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 535,836 17,355 SH DEFINED 01 17,355
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 1,969,825 63,800 SH OTHER 63,800
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 6,790 70 SH SOLE 70
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 814,800 8,400 SH DEFINED 01 8,400
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 5,114,325 52,725 SH OTHER 52,725
Intel Corp. COM 428236103 8,313 200 SH SOLE 200
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 300,913 7,240 SH DEFINED 01 7,240
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 1,970,894 47,420 SH OTHER 47,420
Int'l Flavors & FragranceCOM 459506101 29,200 1,600 SH OTHER 1,600
International Paper Co. COM 460146103 57,375 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Int'l Business Machines COM 459200101 90,000 800 SH OTHER 800
Interpublic Group COM 459200101 13,625 400 SH SOLE 400
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 151,578 4,450 SH DEFINED 01 4,450
Interpublic Group COM 460690100 337,219 9,900 SH OTHER 9,900
Investors Finl Services COM 461915100 252,500 4,000 SH OTHER 4,000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 483,778 5,150 SH SOLE 5,150
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 4,671,042 49,725 SH DEFINED 01 49,725
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 21,034,016 223,915 SH OTHER 223,915
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 68,582 2,244 SH SOLE 2,244
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 666,079 21,794 SH DEFINED 01 21,794
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 3,487,854 114,122 SH OTHER 114,122
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 159,300 1,200 SH SOLE 1,200
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 1,373,963 10,350 SH DEFINED O1 10,350
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 11,300,344 85,125 SH OTHER 85,125
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 127,125 2,000 SH DEFINED 01 2,000
McGraw Hill Companies COM 580645109 6,133,781 96,500 SH OTHER 96,500
McDonalds COM 580135101 24,150 800 SH DEFINED 01 800
McDonalds COM 580135101 72,450 2,400 SH OTHER 2,400
Medtronic Corp. COM 585055106 21,761 420 SH SOLE 420
Medtronic Corp. COM 585055106 44,559 860 SH DEFINED 01 860
Medtronic Corp. COM 585055106 560,611 10,820 SH OTHER 10,820
Merck COM 589331107 312,638 4,200 SH SOLE 4,200
Merck COM 589331107 3,939,679 52,926 SH DEFINED 01 52,926
Merck COM 589331107 22,434,345 301,385 SH OTHER 301,385
Microsoft COM 594918104 305,181 5,060 SH DEFINED 01 5,060
Microsoft COM 594918104 1,271,689 21,085 SH OTHER 21,085
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 594918104 36,450 400 SH SOLE 400
Minnesota Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 36,450 400 SH OTHER 400
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 106,194 650 SH SOLE 650
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 2,300,810 14,083 SH DEFINED 01 14,083
Morgan, J.P. COM 616880100 8,863,748 54,254 SH OTHER 54,254
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 669,101 23,685 SH DEFINED 01 23,685
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 3,789,173 134,130 SH OTHER 134,130
National City Corp. COM 635405103 220,365 9,960 SH DEFINED 01 9,960
National City Corp. COM 635405103 1,752,301 79,200 SH OTHER 79,200
Newell Rubbermaid COM 651229106 4,563 200 SH DEFINED 01 200
Nisource Inc. 65473P105 10,530 432 SH OTHER 432
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 6,754,500 76,000 SH OTHER 76,000
Open Market Inc 68370M100 1,583 252 SH OTHER 252
Pepsico COM 713448108 13,340 290 SH SOLE 290
Pepsico COM 713448108 859,050 18,675 SH DEFINED O1 18,675
Pepsico COM 713448108 11,916,300 259,050 SH OTHER 259,050
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 15,728 350 SH SOLE 350
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 121,331 2,700 SH DEFINED 01 2,700
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 556,102 12,375 SH OTHER 12,375
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 227,800 3,400 SH SOLE 3,400
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 2,463,255 36,765 SH DEFINED 01 36,765
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 5,832,350 87,050 SH OTHER 87,050
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 81,047 2,850 SH DEFINED 01 2,850
Raytheon CLB COM 755111408 924,219 32,500 SH OTHER 32,500
Reuters Group OLC COM 76132M102 116,870 1,040 SH OTHER 1,040
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 107,800 2,156 SH SOLE 2,156
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 1,514,050 30,281 SH DEFINED 01 30,281
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 1,873,600 37,472 SH OTHER 37,472
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 1,852,031 22,500 SH OTHER 22,500
Sigma Aldrich COM 826552101 138,600 4,200 SH OTHER 4,200
Silverstream Software COM 827907106 283,175 9,400 SH SOLE 9,400
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 2,425 100 SH DEFINED 01 100
St. Paul Companies COM 792860108 352,584 7,150 SH DEFINED 01 7,150
State Street Boston COM 857473102 26,000 200 SH SOLE 200
State Street Boston COM 857473102 1,445,600 11,120 SH DEFINED 01 11,120
State Street Boston COM 857473102 13,015,600 100,120 SH OTHER 100,120
Streamline Com COM 863239109 1,000 2,000 SH OTHER 2,000
Stryker COM 863667101 137,400 3,200 SH OTHER 3,200
Sysco COM 871829107 18,525 400 SH SOLE 400
Sysco COM 871829107 599,747 12,950 SH DEFINED 01 12,950
Sysco COM 871829107 3,505,857 75,700 SH OTHER 75,700
TECO Energy COM 872375100 17,250 600 SH SOLE 600
TECO Energy COM 872375100 64,688 2,250 SH DEFINED 01 2,250
TECO Energy COM 872375100 161,000 5,600 SH OTHER 5,600
Texas Instruments Inc. COM 882508104 141,563 3,000 SH OTHER 3,000
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 1,602,560 20,480 SH OTHER 20,480
Transocean Sedco Forex G90078109 2,814 48 SH OTHER 48
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 22,838 2,100 SH SOLE 2,100
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 131,588 12,100 SH DEFINED 01 12,100
United Dominion Realty COM 910197102 1,746,526 160,600 SH OTHER 160,600
VA Linux COM 918198105 282,958 6,118 SH OTHER 6,118
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 46,500 960 SH SOLE 960
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 449,597 9,282 SH DEFINED 01 9,282
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 933,294 19,268 SH OTHER 19,268
Vodaphone Airtouch COM 92857T107 37,000 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
WorldCom COM 98157D106 30,375 1,000 SH OTHER 1,000
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