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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-193791
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180615

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Millersburg, Pennsylvania 17061</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">June 15,
2018 </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: David Lin, 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 ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;S-4&nbsp;filed</FONT> on May&nbsp;31, 2018, as amended </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-225304</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Lin:</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-4&nbsp;be</FONT> accelerated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
so that the Registration Statement will become effective on Tuesday, June&nbsp;19, 2018 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">The Company understands that: should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it
does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact Kenneth J. Rollins, of Pillar
Aught LLC, at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(717)&nbsp;308-9633&nbsp;with</FONT> any questions you may have concerning this request. In addition, please notify Mr.&nbsp;Rollins by telephone when this request for acceleration has been granted.</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours,</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MID PENN BANCORP, INC.</P></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="bottom">Rory G. Ritrievi</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Kenneth J. Rollins, Esq.</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David W. Swartz, Esq.</P>
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