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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897069-24-000048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001145255
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				680176227
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94945
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-899-1555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7250 REDWOOD BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			NOVATO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94945
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Hennessy Advisors, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">7250 Redwood Blvd., Suite 200</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">January 3, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;"><u>Via EDGAR</u></div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify;">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</div>
            <div>Division of Corporation Finance</div>
            <div>100 F Street, N.E.</div>
            <div>Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Re:</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Hennessy Advisors, Inc.<br>
              Registration Statement on Form S-3<br>
              Filed December 8, 2023<br>
              File No. 333-275964</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant, Hennessy Advisors,
      Inc., hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 be declared effective at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on January 8, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter.&#160; For purposes of Rules 460 and 461, there is no
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              <div>&#160;Very truly yours,<br>
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              <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">HENNESSY ADVISORS, INC.</font><br>
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              <div>By:<u> /s/ Jennifer Emerson&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </u><br>
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              <div>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Jennifer Emerson<br>
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