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
Finally, I come upon Rue Bernard Palissy, a short little street that, behind a modest, dark red door at No. 7, is home to 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
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
And old Minuit, the Indian, selling his island for a song, was so much a matter of reality to Smith that Helen came to believe in him also as a real individual.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
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