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| FORM 3 |          U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
              Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*

      Simpson,                      James                             R.
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        (Last)                      (First)                        (Middle)

                            c/o Moore Medical Corp.
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                                   (Street)

        389 John Downey Drive,     New Britain CT                    06050
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        (City)                      (State)                           (Zip)


2.  Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)               3/5/01
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3.  IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person if an Entity
    (Voluntary)
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4.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   MMD
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5.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

        Dirctor          X  Officer                 10% Owner    Other
    ---                 ---(give title below)   ---           ---(specify below)

      Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
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6.  If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7.  Individual or Joint Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

      X  Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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         Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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             TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED



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1. Title           2. Amount of         3. Ownership Form:  4. Nature of
   of                 Securities Bene-     Direct (D) or       Indirect Bene-
   Security           ficially Owned       Indirect (I)        ficial Ownership
   (Instr. 4)         (Instr. 4)           (Instr. 5)          (Instr. 5)
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              TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
        (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



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 1. Title of Derivative        2. Date Exer-    3. Title and Amount of Securities   4. Conversion   5. Ownership   6. Nature of In-
    Security (Instr. 4)           cisable and      Underlying Derivative Security      or              Form of        direct Bene-
                                  Expiration       (Instr. 4)                          Exercise        Derivative     ficial
                                  Date                                                 Price           Security:      Ownership
                                  (Month/Day/                                          of              Direct (D)     (Instr. 5)
                                  Year)                                                Derivative      or In-
                              ----------------------------------------------------     Security        direct (I)
                               Date      Expira-                        Amount or                      (Instr. 5)
                               Exer-     tion            Title          Number of
                               cisable   Date                           Shares
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Non-qualified Stock Option      3/5/02   3/4/06(1)    Common Stock      30,000       $ 7.50         D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.

Explanation of Responses:

     (1) Becomes exercisable in four equal cumulative annual installments
         commencing one year from the date of grant, subject to acceleration of
         50% of non-vested installments in the event of a "change of position"
         and termination of employment following a "change of control" under the
         Issuer's Change of Control/Change of Position Payment Plan.

                              /s/ James R. Simpson                  4/10/01
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                              **Signature of Reporting Person        Date
                              James R. Simpson

     * If the form is filed by more than one reported person, see Instruction
       5(b)(v).

    ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.