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Manhattan was sold to the Dutch in 1626. Peter Minuit, the director of the Dutch West India Company, is famously credited with purchasing the island from the Lenape Native Americans for goods valued at 60 guilders, often said to be around $24. This transaction laid the foundation for the establishment of New Amsterdam, which later became New York City.

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