SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549






                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 30, 2004
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                            FIRST UNITED CORPORATION
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)


        Maryland                        0-14237                    52-1380770
State or other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                                           Identification No.)



                 19 South Second Street, Oakland, Maryland 21550
                (Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 334-9471
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                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.  Other Event.

     On March 30, 2004, First United Corporation (the "Registrant")  completed a
$10 million private placement of Floating Rate Trust Preferred  Securities and a
$20 million private placement of Fixed/Floating Rate Trust Preferred  Securities
(together, the "Securities") through the Registrant's wholly-owned subsidiaries,
First  United  Statutory  Trust  I and  First  United  Statutory  Trust  II (the
"Trusts").  The  Securities  represent  undivided  beneficial  interests  in the
Trusts,  which were established by the Registrant for the purpose of issuing the
Trust Preferred Securities.

     The Securities  issued by the Trusts mature in 30 years. The Securities are
callable at par plus accrued and unpaid interest in June 2009. The Floating Rate
Trust Preferred  Securities have a variable rate based on the three-month  LIBOR
plus  2.75%,  reset  quarterly,  with the  initial  rate set at  3.86%,  and the
Fixed/Floating  Rate  Trust  Preferred  Securities  have a fixed  rate of 6.02%,
payable quarterly, for five years, at which time they have a variable rate based
on the three-month LIBOR plus 2.75%, reset quarterly until maturity.

     The  Trusts  used  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of the  Trust  Preferred
Securities to purchase Junior  Subordinated  Debentures of the  Registrant.  The
Registrant  intends  to use its net  proceeds  from the  private  placement  for
general  corporate  purposes,  including  the  possible  redemption  on or after
September  30,  2004 of the $23.7 million of 9.375% cumulative  trust  preferred
securities issued by its subsidiary First United Capital Trust in 1999.

     The Securities have not been  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933,
as  amended  and  may  not be  offered  or  sold  in the  United  States  absent
registration  or an exemption from the  registration  requirements.  This notice
does not constitute an offer to sell or the  solicitation of an offer to buy the
Securities.

     This Item 5 contains  forward-looking  statements as defined by the Private
Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking  statements  present
management's  expectations,  beliefs,  plans  and  objectives  regarding  future
financial performance, and assumptions or judgments concerning such performance.
Any discussions contained in this Item 5, except to the extent that they contain
historical  facts,  are   forward-looking  and  accordingly  involve  estimates,
assumptions,  judgments  and  uncertainties.  There are a number of factors that
could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those addressed
in the forward-looking  statements.  Such factors are detailed in "Risk Factors"
in  Exhibit  99.1 of the  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003.  Except as required by applicable  laws, the Registrant
does  not  intend  to  publish  updates  or  revisions  of  any  forward-looking
statements it makes to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  4.     Indentures

                         Pursuant to  Regulation  S-K Item  601(b)(4)(iii),  the
Registrant  agrees to furnish a copy of the  Indentures  to the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission upon request.






                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      FIRST UNITED CORPORATION



Date:  March 31, 2004                 By: /s/ Robert W. Kurtz
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                                          Robert W. Kurtz
                                          President and Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number          Description of Exhibit
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4               Indenture

                Pursuant to  Regulation  S-K Item  601(b)(4)(iii),  the Company
                agrees to furnish a copy of the  Indentures  to the  Securities
                and Exchange Commission upon request.