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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-297655
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170928

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MID PENN BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879635
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				251666413
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		349 UNION STREET
		CITY:			MILLERSBURG
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			17061
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8666427736

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		349 UNION STREET
		CITY:			MILLERSBURG
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			17061
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MID PENN BANCORP, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>349 Union Street </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;28, 2017 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>VIA EDGAR </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attention: Christopher Dunham,
Staff Attorney </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100
F. Street, N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-4</FONT> filed on August&nbsp;17, 2017, as amended </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> filed on </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>September&nbsp;22, 2017 and by Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Registration Statement on </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> filed on September&nbsp;28, 2017 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-220020</FONT> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Dunham: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby
requests that the effective date of the Company&#146;s above-referenced Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> be accelerated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) so that the
Registration Statement will become effective on Friday, September&nbsp;29, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., or as soon as practicable thereafter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please contact Sunjeet S. Gill, of Stevens&nbsp;&amp; Lee, P.C. at (610) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">205-6076</FONT> with any questions
you may have concerning this request. In addition, please notify Mr.&nbsp;Gill by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Rory G. Ritrievi</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Sunjeet S. Gill, Esq. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">William Harvey, Esq. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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