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Early Real Estate Bargains Across American History
The piece traces historic land purchases from Peter Minuit’s 24 dollar Manhattan sale to Wouter Van Twiller’s 172 acres on Governor’s Island and Newfoundland tradeoffs. It notes Columbus ships costs, Penn’s Pennsylvania settlements, Maryland gifts to Windsor Castle, Jersey transfers, Maine grants, and the Louisiana Purchase at 15 million dollars with later tribal compensation.
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Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Christopher Columbus
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Penn
Province of
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Windsor Castle
New Jersey
Charles II
Duke of York
John Lord Berkeley
Sir George Carteret
Berkeley
West Jersey
John Fenwick
Edward Bullings
Carteret
East Jersey
William Penn