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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
                                        Director

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                        /s/ Susan V. Berresford
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                        Susan V. Berresford
                                        Director
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                /s/ M. Anthony Burns
                                ----------------------- 
                                M. Anthony Burns
                                Director
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                        /s/ Melvin R. Goodes
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Melvin R. Goodes
                                        Director
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                        /s/ William H. Gray, III
                                        -----------------------------
                                        William H. Gray, III
                                        Director

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.



                                        /s/ George V. Grune
                                        --------------------------
                                        George V. Grune
                                        Director

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                /s/ William B. Harrison Jr.
                                ---------------------------
                                William B. Harrison Jr.
                                Vice Chairman of the Board
                                and Director

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.



                                       /s/ Harold S. Hook
                                       ---------------------------
                                       Harold S. Hook
                                       Director
 
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                            /s/ Thomas G. Labrecque
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Thomas G. Labrecque
                                            President, Chief Operating Officer
                                            and Director




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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ Henry B. Schacht
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Henry B. Schacht   
                                        Director
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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ Walter V. Shipley
                                        --------------------------------------
                                        Walter V. Shipley  
                                        Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                        Officer and Director
   12
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ John R. Stafford
                                        ------------------------------
                                        John R. Stafford
                                        Director
   13
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ Marina v.N. Whitman
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Marina v.N. Whitman
                                        Director
   14
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.


                                        /s/ Peter J. Tobin
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Peter J. Tobin
                                        Chief Financial Officer
                                        (Principal Financial Officer)
   15
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, in his or her
capacity as an officer or director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints
WALTER V. SHIPLEY, THOMAS G. LABRECQUE, WILLIAM B. HARRISON JR., PETER J.
TOBIN, DEBORAH L. DUNCAN and ANTHONY J. HORAN, and each of them severally, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
with or without the others and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and on behalf of him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to perform any and all acts and do all
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and each of them may deem necessary or desirable to enable the
Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") thereunder in connection with the filing of the
accompanying registration statement under the Act for the registration of debt
and equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 18, 1997, authorizing the
preparation and filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Act, for the offer and sale of debt and equity securities
of the Corporation, including without limitation, (i) shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, (iii) currency warrants and securities warrants, (iv) debt obligations,
(vi) convertible debt obligations, (vii) depositary shares or (viii) other
securities of the Corporation, in any combination thereof (the "Securities"),
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority
to sign the name of the undersigned director or officer or both in such
capacity or capacities, to such registration statement including without
limitation, the prospectuses and prospectus supplements contained therein, and
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and exhibits
thereto, and, if appropriate a second registration statement that will become
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the "Registration
Statements") to be filed with the SEC with respect to such Securities, and to
any and all instruments or documents to be filed as a part of or in connection
with said Registration Statements or any and all amendments thereto, whether
such instruments or documents are filed before or after the effective date of
such Registration Statements, and to appear before the SEC in connection with
any matter relating thereto, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as the
undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as of October 9, 1997.

                                        /s/ Joseph L. Sclafani
                                        ------------------------------
                                        Joseph L. Sclafani
                                        Controller
                                        (Principal Accounting Officer)