
Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1626, two days after he landed in New Netherland, Dutch West India Company director Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from a local tribe or tribes (some believe it was the Canarsees, largely based in what is now Brooklyn). The cost: 60 guilders, ≈$1,500 today. https://t.co/YJB4OpDlte — PolitiTweet.org