# Mr. Mills — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Mr. Mills in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mills

**First appearance:** 0008-iv

## Who they are

A showman who exhibited a fake mermaid.

## In the story

### [XLIV Diamond cut diamond; or, yankee superstitions—Matthias the impostor—New York follies thirty years ago.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xliv)

A wealthy merchant and early disciple who housed Matthias before being sent to an asylum.

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