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
It is alleged that the Governor-Director Peter Minuit traded for the island of Manhattan with the Lenape but no bill of sale has ever been found.
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
Directional signs installed around Peter Minuit Plaza, which abuts the south end of the park, already bear the shortened name.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2015
The New Sweden Company.—The settling of the Swedes on the Delaware was directly due to the Dutchmen, Samuel Blommaert and Peter Minuit.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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