# Surveyor Pue — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Surveyor Pue in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Surveyor Pue

**First appearance:** 0001-the-customhouse

## Who they are

The former surveyor of the Custom House who discovered Hester's documents.

## In the story

### [The Customhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_scarlet_letter_se/chapters/the-customhouse)

The narrator mentions Surveyor Pue as the original author of the manuscript that tells Hester Prynne's story.

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