The state slogan is, “It’s good being first.” Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787. THE first state is a small one. At just 1,955 square miles, … ...

Johann Minuit, the head of the family, died in 1609, and his son had to take over the family business. Apparently involved in trade, possibly in diamonds (as Peter’s 1613 testament, signed the same ...

It's been 392 years since the Dutch West India Company received its charter for the "New Netherland," a colony that stretched from current day Delaware to Albany, New York. Three years later ...

Between 108th and 109th Street in East Harlem is the Peter Minuit playground. ... a Dutch colony that stretched from modern-day Delaware into Connecticut.

In 1626, Peter Minuit, a Westphalian and this colony’s first governor, bought New York for 60 guilders for about $24, which is nearly what a drink costs today at a Broadway show.