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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
One Logan Square
18th and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996
Telephone: (215) 988-2700
Fax: (215) 988-2757
September 28, 1999
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: NORTHERN FUNDS
(1933 ACT REGISTRATION NO. 33-73404)
(1940 ACT REGISTRATION NO. 811-08236)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Northern Funds (the "Trust") and pursuant to Rule 497(j)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), I hereby certify
that (i) the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information listed below
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information contained in the Trust's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, ("PEA #26"), which was filed on September 20,
1999; and (ii) the text of PEA #26 has been filed electronically.
The Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information referenced
above, which would otherwise have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c), are:
(1) Prospectus dated September 20, 1999 for all of the Trust's
investment portfolios; and
(2) Statement of Additional Information dated September 20, 1999
for all of the Trust's investment portfolios.
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Questions and comments concerning this letter may be directed to the
undersigned at (215) 988-1982.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Douglas J. Brady
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Douglas J. Brady
