FILE NO. 333-13649
                                                                  RULE 424(B)(3)
 
                             PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                     (TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
                (TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
 
                                     PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1459
                                     DATED: FEBRUARY 12, 1997
 
 
                           MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
                          MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
                              FLOATING RATE NOTES
 
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BASE RATE:                Fed Fund (Prior Day H.15)
 
 
INDEX MATURITY:           One Day
 
 
TRADE DATE:               February 12, 1997
 
 
SETTLEMENT DATE:          February 18, 1997
 
 
MATURITY DATE:            February 18, 2000
 
 
REDEMPTION DATE:          N/A
 
 
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
 
 
SPREAD:                   0.280%
                          (Plus twenty eight bps)
 
 
SPREAD MULTIPLIER:        N/A
 
 
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
INTEREST RESET DATES:     Daily
 
 
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   The 18th day of February, May, August, and November, commencing
                          May 18, 1997, through the Maturity Date; subject to following business day
                          convention.
 
 
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    TBD February 18, 1997
 
 
FORM:                     Book-entry
 
 
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