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Re-enactment of the story of opening up and developing land for settlement: Colonel Timothy Pickering petitioned Congress to open Ohio and Great Lakes regions for settlement by soldiers and officers after the Revolution, and Robert R. Livingston proposed that all Western lands to which New York had claim be placed at the disposal of the Federal Government.

Supplemental message by Latham C. Squire, of the Citizens' Zoning Committee, about the growth of Manhattan island settlements and changing laws to accommodate this growth.

Cast:
Lloyd Moss - the Narrator
Alfred Israel - George
Phil Dixon - Andrew
Henry Lewis - General Wayne
Marvin Laskowitz and Frank Dayuto - Sound and Music
Helen Milstead - Production Assistant
Kenneth H. Dunshee - Writer
L. Porter Moore - Series Consultant

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Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

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