Minuit Peter
Related to Minuit Peter: Peter Stuyvesant
Min·u·it
(mĭn′yo͞o-ĭt) also Min·ne·wit (-ə-wĭt), Peter 1580-1638. Dutch colonial administrator who purchased Manhattan from the Wappinger for trade goods legendarily valued at $24.
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