UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                              FORM 13F

                        FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:     March 31, 1999

Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
                                  [ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:      M.H. Davidson & Co., L.L.C.
Address:   885 Third Avenue Suite 3300
           New York, NY 10022



13F File Number:  28-4666

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.


Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Thomas L. Kempner Jr.
Title:   Member
Phone:   212-371-3966

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

  Thomas L. Kempner Jr.  New York  May 13, 1999


Report Type (Check only one.):

[X]        13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[ ]        13F NOTICE.

[ ]        13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:



I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:            0

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:       0

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:                 0



CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS FILING AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE COMMISSION.

List of Other Included Managers:




                                            
                                                                  FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER         TITLE OF CLASS     CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
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