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PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLONIAL INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000847411
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05785
		FILM NUMBER:		99618153

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FINANCIAL CTR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6174263750
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                    COLONIAL INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
                              One Financial Center
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02111



May 11, 1999


Dear Shareholder:

You  recently  received a proxy  statement  and ballot  requesting  your vote on
important  proposals.  Our records show that we have not received your completed
ballot.  The Colonial  Investment  Grade  Municipal  Trust's  Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders  has been  adjourned for May 20, 1999,  and it is important that we
receive  your vote  before  this  meeting  to avoid  the  continued  expense  of
additional  solicitations  for this proposal.  Please cast your ballot.  We have
included another copy of the proxy ballot and a business reply envelope for your
convenience.

To make voting faster and more  convenient  for you, we have arranged for you to
vote by telephone,  if you prefer.  However, if you choose to vote by telephone,
please do not mail the enclosed proxy ballot.  The enclosed  materials provide a
toll-free telephone number and instructions on voting by telephone.

Colonial  Management  and the  Trustees  believe that the proposal to permit the
issuance of preferred  shares is in the best interests of  shareholders  because
this may  result in an  increase  in net income  available  to holders of common
shares.

In closing,  we ask you to review the proxy  statement and consider the proposal
carefully. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,



Stephen E. Gibson
President

 
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