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<FILENAME>goldsteinpoa.txt
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			POWER OF ATTORNEY
	    For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form 144

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Charles C. Cutrell, III and Richard P. Jacobson (signing
singly) as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

	(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
	    capacity as an officer and/or director of State Street Corporation
	    (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and/or Form 144 in accordance
	    with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
	    rules thereunder and Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933,
	    respectively;

	(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
	    which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
	    such Form 3, 4 and 5 and Form 144 and timely file such form with the
	    United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
	    authority; and

	(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
	    foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
	    benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
	    undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
	    attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
	    of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
	    conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-
	    in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 21st day of July, 2005.


				  /s/ Arthur L. Goldstein
				______________________________
				Arthur L. Goldstein
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