Dutch colonization of the Americas In 1624, the first colonists, mostly Walloons and their slaves-bound servants, arrived to New Netherland by the shipload, landing at Governors Island and initially dispensed to Fort Orange, Fort Wilhelmus and Kievets Hoek. In 1626, Director of the WIC Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape natives and started construction of Fort Amsterdam, which grew to become the main port and capital, New Amsterdam. The colony expanded to outlying areas at Pavonia, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Long Island. On the Connecticut River, Fort Huys de Goede Hoop was completed in 1633 at present day Hartford. By 1636, the
Woody Allen (album) as a Comedy Spotlight in their July 25, 1964 issue and wrote that "He is a very funny fellow. The material is uniformly hilarious throughout the album. Of course Allen's delivery is polished to a point whereby the nation's No 1. comedian". Woody Allen (album) Woody Allen is a live 1965 comedy album by the American comedian Woody Allen. This was Allen's debut recording, and was recorded at Mister Kelly's nightclub in Chicago. It was the first of three comedy albums released by Allen, the three albums were issued in a 2014 boxset, "The Stand-Up Years: 1964–1968". It was nominated