EMPIRE STATE MUNICIPAL EXEMPT TRUST GUARANTEED SERIES 97
24F-2NT, 1999-08-31
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 24F-2
                        Annual Notice of Securities Sold
                             Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

             Read Instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.



1.    Name and address of issuer:

      Glickenhaus & Co.                      Lebenthal & Co., Inc.
      6 East 43rd Street - 10th Floor        120 Broadway
      New York, New York  10017              New York, New York 10271
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is
   filed (if the Form is being filed for all series and classes of securities
   of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or classes):       / /

   Empire State Municipal Exempt Trust, Guaranteed Series 97

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3.    Investment Company Act File Number: 811-7423


      Securities Act File Number:  33-64938


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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:  May 31, 1999




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4(b)./X/  Check  box if this  Form is  being  filed  late  (i.e.,  more  than 90
          calendar  days  after  the  end of the  issuer's  fiscal  year).  (See
          Instruction A.2)

Note:  If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the
       registration fee due.


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4(c)./ /   Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
           Form.





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5. Calculation of registration fee:

     (i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the
         fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f):                      $ 14,356.86
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    (ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
         repurchased during the fiscal year:           $1,296,789.86
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   (iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
         repurchased during any prior fiscal year
         ending no earlier than October 11, 1995 that
         were not previously used to reduce registration
         fees payable to the Commission:               $  801,046.62
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    (iv) Total available redemption credits
         [add items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]:                            -$2,097,836.48
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     (v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv)
         [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]:                    $        -0-
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    (vi) Redemption credits available for use
         in future years - if Item 5(i) is less       $(2,083,479.62)
         than Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv)          --------------
         from Item 5(i)]:

   (vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee
         (See Instruction C.9):                                        x .000278
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  (viii) Registration fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item           =$    - 0-
         5(vii)] (enter "0" if no fee is due):                        ==========

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6. Prepaid Shares

   If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
   securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
   rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then report the amount of
   securities (number of shares or other units) deducted here: ________.  If
   there is a number of shares or other units that were registered pursuant to
   rule 24e-2 remaining unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this form
   is filed that are available for use by the issuer in future fiscal years,
   then state that number here: _____.
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7. Interest due -- if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end
   of the issuer's fiscal year
   (see Instruction D):

                                                                   +$       -0-
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line 5
   (viii) plus line 7]:

                                                                  =$      -0-
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
   Commission's lockbox depository:


            Method of Delivery:

                            / /  Wire Transfer
                            / /  Mail or other means

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                                   SIGNATURES

This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



         By (Signature and Title)*    /s/ Michael Lynch
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                                      Michael Lynch Attorney-in-Fact
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Date  August 31, 1999
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.








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