Show one of bill ayes nyes referring to a real estate transaction made by one way back la in the year 1628 bill N ne e lu in hla his history of the united states declared now new lork was afterwards sold mold for 24 the whole island when I 1 think of this I 1 go into my family gallery m which I 1 also use time as a swear room and tell those ancestors what I 1 think ot of them where they when new york sold for 24 1 the humor of this strikes deeply when one stops to consider what has haa been the outcome of this original investment peter allnutt All nuit with trinkets and a few bottles of rum so delighted the native indians indiana that they gladly turned over to him the whole of manhattan island now the heart of greater new york new york the giant city national magazine |