SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC.
ADDENDUM TO PROXY STATEMENT
DATED MARCH 20, 1998
Due to a printer's error, the table on page 5 of the Harleysville Group
Inc. proxy statement you recently received inadvertently omitted the last two
columns. A revised table follows:
BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS & MEETINGS
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<CAPTION>
| AUDIT | COMPENSATION |COORDINATING | EXECUTIVE | FINANCE | NOMINATING |
| -------- | ------------ |------------ | --------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| | & | | | | |
| | ----------- | | | | |
| | PERSONNEL | | | | |
| | ----------- | | | | |
| | DEVELOPMENT | | | | |
| | ----------- | | | | |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
|Bradford W. Mitchell | | | | X* | X* | X |
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|Walter R. Bateman, II | | | | X | X | |
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|Lowell R. Beck | X | | X | | | X |
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|Michael L. Browne | X | | X | X | X | X |
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|Robert D. Buzzell | | X | | | | X* |
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|Gerard G. Johnson | X* | | X | | | |
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|Frank E. Reed | | | X* | X | X | |
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|William E. Strasburg | | X* | | X | | |
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|Number of Meetings | | | | | | |
|in 1997 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
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* Denotes Chairperson of the Committee
