EXHIBIT 4(b)



          Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation ("DTC"), to the Company or its Agent for registration
of transfer,
exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in
the name
of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an
authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or
to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof,
Cede & Co., has an interest herein.



                   J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED

                  MEDIUM-TERM MASTER NOTE, SERIES A
                            (Senior Debt)


R-1

REGISTERED




     THIS NOTE IS NOT A DEPOSIT NOTE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.


     J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered
assigns: on each date of Maturity, extended date of Maturity,
date of
redemption, date of repayment, and any other date specified
pursuant to
the terms referenced hereby, as applicable, of each obligation
identified on the records of the Company (which records are
maintained
by First Trust of New York, National Association (the "Paying
Agent")) or
specified pursuant to the terms referenced hereby, the principal
amount (and
premium, if any) then due and payable for each such obligation,
and to
pay interest thereon on each Interest Payment Date or as
specified
pursuant to the terms referenced hereby.


     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS
MASTER NOTE
SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL
FOR ALL
PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE, AND
TO THE
TERMS OF THE PROSPECTUS, PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND PRICING
SUPPLEMENTS
PREPARED BY THE COMPANY AND ON FILE WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE
COMMISSION WHICH CONTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS MASTER NOTE.



     This Master Note is a valid and binding obligation of the
Company.

     This Master Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for
any purpose
 until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been
signed
by the Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein.

                              J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED


                              By:  ____________________________
                                     Vice President


                              Attest:
____________________________
                                       Assistant Secretary

Dated: February 20, 1996


     WITNESS the seal of the Company and the signatures of its
duly authorized
officers.


   [Seal]



               TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated
herein and referred
 to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

                                   FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK,
                                     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                   as Trustee


                                   By:__________________________
                                       Authorized Officer



                       REVERSE OF MASTER NOTE
                   J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED
                  MEDIUM-TERM MASTER NOTE, SERIES A
                            (Senior Debt)



     This Master Note evidences indebtedness of the Company of a
single Series
A (the "Debt Obligations"), all issued or to be issued under and
pursuant
to an indenture dated as of August 15, 1982, as amended by
the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 5, 1986 (herein
called the
"Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to First
Trust
of New York, National Association, as successor to Chemical
Bank, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), to which Indenture
and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description
of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of
the Debt Obligations. As provided in the Indenture, the Debt
Obligations
may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature
at
different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates,
may be
subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be
subject to
different sinking or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise
vary
as in the Indenture provided. The Debt Obligations are unsecured
obligations
of the Company and will rank pari passu with all other unsecured
and
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Debt Obligations
aggregated
with any other indebtedness of the Company of this Series A are
limited
(except as provided in the Indenture) to the principal amount
of $2,300,000,000 designated as the Medium-Term Notes of the
Company
due nine months to 30 years from date of issue, subject to
reduction as
a result of the sale of other Debt Securities relating to the
Prospectus
dated January 31, 1996, prepared by the Company and on file with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such reduction being
evidenced in the
records of the Company. No reference herein to the Indenture and
no provision
of this Master Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the
obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
each
Debt Obligation at the times, places, and rates, and in the coin
or
currency/currencies identified on the records of the Company.

     Principal and any premium and interest payable at Maturity
will be paid
in immediately available funds without necessitating presentation
and transfer
of this Master Note.

     Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the
respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.