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Definition of Peter Minuit
1. Noun. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Minuit
Literary usage of Peter Minuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"... Meanwhile, New Amsterdam had become the Peter home of other French-speaking
immigrants. M^it Peter Minuit, the second director, was himself a Walloon. ..."
2. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1907)
"We can hardly say more Peter of tne third, Peter Minuit. Yet there was enough
Minuit. t}iat was noteworthy and typical in ..."
3. The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"... Wine- land (eleventh century) — Germans in earliest settlements, Port Royal (),
Jamestown () — Peter Minuit, purchaser and governor of Manhattan Island ..."
4. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware: Their History and Relation to the by Amandus Johnson (1911)
"Peter Minuit AND THE PLANS FOR THE FOUNDING OF A NEW SWEDEN COMPANY. ...
Peter Minuit, who had faithfully followed the instructions of the directors, ..."
5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"In 1624 Cornelius May gave place to William Verhulst, and in 1625 Verhulst was
succeeded by Peter Minuit, a native of the duchy of Cleves. ..."
6. New York: The Planting and the Growth of the Empire State by Ellis Henry Roberts (1904)
"... the projector of the Dutch West India Company, who had become dissatisfied
with the people of Holland; and it was Peter Minuit, the dismissed director ..."
7. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... of New Netherland—Several settlers and servants sent out—Fort Nassau built on
South River—Fort Orange on the river Mauritius—Peter Minuit, of Wesel, ..."
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