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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                            FORM 8-K
                                
                         CURRENT REPORT
                                
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                                
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 13, 1996
                                
                                
                 J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                
                                
        DELAWARE                1-5885              13-2625764
 (State or other juris-      (Commission          (IRS Employer
       diction of            File Number)      Identification No.)
     incorporation)

                                
        60 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                  10260-
0060
     (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip
Code)
                                
                                
    Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 483-
                              2323
                                
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        (Former name or former address, if changed since last
                             report)
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

         On August 13, 1996, the Registrant issued a press
release announcing
         it has agreed to sell its institutional U.S. cash
processing business
         to HSBC Financial Institutions, a division of Marine
Midland Bank.  A
         copy of such press release is filed herein as Exhibit
99.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AND EXHIBITS

         (a) Financial Statements

             NONE.

         (b) Pro Forma Financial Information

             NONE.

         (c) Exhibits

             99.  Copy of press release of J.P. Morgan & Co.

                  Incorporated dated August 13, 1996.


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                           SIGNATURES




Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the

registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the

undersigned hereunto duly authorized.







                        J.P. MORGAN & CO. INCORPORATED
                        ______________________________
                        (REGISTRANT)








                         /s/  PATRICIA A. JONES
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                        NAME: PATRICIA A. JONES
                        TITLE: MANAGING DIRECTOR



DATE: August 13, 1996