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                                 Exhibit 23(c)
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                        CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. for the Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan of our report dated February 24, 1995 with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Worthen Banking Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1994 which report is
included as an exhibit to the Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Form 8-K dated April
28, 1995.  Our report refers to changes in the methods of accounting for
investments in 1994 and income taxes in 1993.


                                          /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Little Rock, Arkansas
July 12, 1995