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                                                                 EXHIBIT 23(b)


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



The Board of Directors
  Bank of Boston Corporation


      We consent to the incorporation by reference, in this registration
statement on Form S-8, of our report dated January 18, 1996 on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of Bank of Boston Corporation and Subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1995, incorporated by reference in the Corporation's 1995
Annual Report to Stockholders filed as Exhibit 13 to the Corporation's 1995
Annual Report on Form 10-K.


                                                 /s/ Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.




Boston, Massachusetts
July 26, 1996