# Mr. Meggens — The Wealth of Nations character guide

> Mr. Meggens in The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Meggens

**First appearance:** 0020-digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver-during-the-course-of-the-four-last-centuries

## Who they are

Cited authority on trade and prices.

## In the story

### [VIII: Of the Wages of Labour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/viii-of-the-wages-of-labour)

Mentioned as 'Mr. Messance', a French author whose data on manufactures is cited to argue about work in cheap vs. dear years.

### [III: Of the Variations in the Proportion Between the Respective Values of That Sort of Produce Which Always Affords Rent, and of That Which Sometimes Does and Sometimes Does Not Afford Rent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/iii-of-the-variations-in-the-proportion-between-the-respective-values-of-that-sort-of-produce-which-always-affords-rent-and-of-that-which-sometimes-does-and-sometimes-does-not-afford-rent)

Referenced as a diligent collector of price accounts (implied by 'Mr. Messance').

### [Digression Concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver During the Course of the Four Last Centuries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver-during-the-course-of-the-four-last-centuries)

Referenced indirectly as 'Mr. Messance' (likely a variant), who collected French market data.

### [Variations in the Proportion Between the Respective Values of Gold and Silver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/variations-in-the-proportion-between-the-respective-values-of-gold-and-silver)

Cited for his account of the annual import ratio of gold to silver (1:22).

### [Conclusion of the Digression Concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wealth_of_nations_se/chapters/conclusion-of-the-digression-concerning-the-variations-in-the-value-of-silver)

Referenced as Mr. Messance, who collected French market data on corn prices.

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