Minuit
Americannoun
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“I was always arrogantly complaining about all the gins I drank,” said Alas, whose brand just released a new Eau de Minuit gin with notes of toasted oak, cocoa and tobacco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
I spot a shelf full of what look like freshly printed copies of Beckett plays and novels from his longtime French publisher, Les Éditions de Minuit.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
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
Minuit, Peter, director-general of New Netherlands, 167, 169; in Sweden, 175.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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