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9 November, 18:00

Who purchased Manhattan for $24.00 worth trinkets and beads

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  1. 9 November, 18:08
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    Peter Minuit I believe did
  2. 9 November, 18:08
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    In 1626 Peter Minuit bought Manhattan island from the local Indians for a load of cloth, beads, hatchets, and other odds and ends then worth 60 Dutch guilders. According to my Encyclopedia Britannica, 60 guilders in 1626 would buy you 1-1/2 pounds of silver.
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