# Clerks of a Great Countinghouse — The Wealth of Nations character guide

> Clerks of a Great Countinghouse in The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the clerks of a great countinghouse at ten thousand miles distance, and consequently almost quite out of sight, should, upon a simple order from their masters, themselves, their

**First appearance:** 0057-vii-of-colonies

## Who they are

Remote clerks in colonial trade example.

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