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Manhattan. In 1626, Peter Minuit purchased what is now called Manhattan from the Indians, believed to have been Lenape Indians. In 1626 money, the purchase was equivalent to $24. However, historians point out that the price is misleading as the transaction was part of an economy of fur trade and not simply the purchase of land.

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