SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

 NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 23c-2 UNDER THE
                         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

                        Securities Act File No. 333-72025
                    Investment Company Act File No. 811-09151

                 EATON VANCE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
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                               Name of Registrant

                       255 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MA 02109
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                      Address of Principal Executive Office

     The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies
the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of
which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements
of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"), and states
that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to permission granted
by the Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the date set for the
redemption.

(1)  Title of Class of Securities to be Redeemed:

              AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES ("APS") SERIES A

(2)  Date on Which the Securities are to be Redeemed:

         THE APS WILL BE REDEEMED ON THE DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE FOR EACH SERIES
     AS FOLLOWS: SERIES A ON OCTOBER 28, 2008.

(3)  Applicable Provisions of the Governing Instrument Pursuant to Which the
     Securities are to be Redeemed:

         ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 4(a)(i), 4(b) AND 4(c) OF THE AMENDED BY-LAWS

(4)  Number of Shares and the Basis Upon Which the Securities to be Redeemed are
     to be Selected:

         THE FUND INTENDS TO REDEEM, BY LOT (AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPOSITORY
     TRUST COMPANY), THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING APS SET FORTH BELOW:

              SERIES                                NUMBER OF SHARES
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              A                                     11

         Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed
     redemption of each of the APS Series. Such redemption remains subject to
     the completion of financing.




                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to Rule 23c-2 under the Act, the registrant has caused this
     notification to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Boston and
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 20th day of October 2008.

                                EATON VANCE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST


                                         By: /s/ Maureen A. Gemma
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                                             Name:  Maureen A. Gemma
                                             Title: Secretary