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                                                               Exhibit 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of The Chase Manhattan Corporation of our report dated
January 18, 2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in The
Chase Manhattan Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Experts" in such Registration Statement.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, NY
December 29, 2000



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