UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

        Report for Calendar Year or the Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
                Check here if Amendment [x]; Amendment Number: 15

                        This Amendment (check only one.):
                                                  [x] is a restatement
                                                  [ ] adds new holdings entries

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:         Wilmington Trust Corporation
Address:      1100 North Market Street
              Wilmington, Delaware  19890

Form 13F File Number: 28-00674

                  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:
Reporting Manager:

Name:         Thomas P. Collins
Title:        Vice President and Secretary
Phone:        (302) 651-1693

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/Thomas P. Collins                Wilmington, DE            November 8, 1999
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Thomas P. Collins                   City, State                      Date
Signature

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.(Check here if all holdings of this reporting
    manager are reported in this report)

[x] 13F NOTICE.(Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
    holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.(Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
    reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
    other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:[If there are no entries in
this list, omit this section.]

Form 13F File Number 28-03742
Name:  Wilmington Trust Company
Form 13F File Number 28-04464
Name:  Wilmington Trust of Pennsylvania
Form 13F File Number 28-03740
Name:  Wilmington Trust FSB