# Governor Winthrop — The Scarlet Letter character guide

> Governor Winthrop in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Winthrop

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-the-minister-s-vigil

## Who they are

A former governor whose death is marked by a meteor in the night sky.

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