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Definition of Peter Minnewit
1. Noun. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter Minnewit
Literary usage of Peter Minnewit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. --proceedings and Addresses --. by Pennsylvania-German Society (1897)
"Kapp, in his monograph "Peter Minnewit aus Wesel," München 1866, without citing
any authority, states that his death and burial took place at Fort Christina ..."
2. Pennsylvania: The German Influence in Its Settlement and Development. A by Pennsylvania-German Society (1897)
"It does not appear from any of his numerous writings that he ever was married or
had any children. 184 Peter Minnewit (Minuet, ..."
3. German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women by Rudolf Cronau (1916)
"... op NEW AMSTERDAM AT THE TIME OF Peter Minnewit. (From an Old Engraving.)
By dealing fairly with the Indians ..."
4. An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania by Jacob Isidor Mombert (1869)
"... of transactions belonging to the interval which have come down to us, are not
of sufficient moment to be chronicled in this place. Peter Minnewit ..."
5. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1914)
"Staten Island is bought for ye use & acct of ye Honble Lords of ye West India
Company Augst ye 10. Anno 1630 by their Ministers. Peter Minnewit John Lampo ..."
6. Papers of the American Historical Association by American Historical Association (1888)
"... from the Argonautica, by Dr. Friedrich Kapp, in his article, entitled Peter
Minnewit aus Wesel, in the fifteenth volume of the Historische Zeitschrift. ..."
7. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1879)
"The preceding statements with regard to the earlier fortunes of Minuit are taken,
chiefly, from Fr. Kapp, Peter Minnewit aus Wesel, ..."
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