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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
Fourth Financial Corporation 1993 Employee Stock Purchase 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
January 29, 1996