EXHIBIT 23(b)


                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To:    The Board of Directors
       BankBoston Corporation


We consent to the incorporation by reference, in this registration statement 
of BankBoston Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated January 21, 1999 on 
our audits of the consolidated financial statements of BankBoston Corporation 
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for each of the years 
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998 included in the 
Corporation's 1998 Annual Report to Stockholders and in Exhibit 13 to the 
Corporation's 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K.


                                             /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
April 9, 1999