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To: Helicondelta

Great idea—every US land purchase has been a big winner.

Best news—at the rate of inflation (if you run the numbers for a hundred years) we have paid effectively nothing.

Can we give Manhattan back in some sort of swap?


18 posted on 08/16/2019 3:33:48 AM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: cgbg

We bought Manhattan from the Dutch not the Danes.


44 posted on 08/16/2019 5:22:24 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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