Minuit
Americannoun
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And 57,000 people who just wanted to fish and mind their own business are waking up to discover they’re sitting on the most valuable real estate since Peter Minuit came upon Manhattan.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
One version of this legend maintains Minuit made the purchase from the Canarsie, but they resided in Queens, the western-most end of Long Island.
From Scientific American • Oct. 14, 2018
Les Éditions de Minuit published the manuscript in 1958, but the book found little commercial success.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2016
That was in 1975, which for New York real estate purposes, might as well have been during the administration of Peter Minuit and the $24 purchase of a lightly used island.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2012
Some of his happiest efforts have been made in little one-act drolleries for two performers; such as Passé Minuit, where he is ably seconded by Bardou.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
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