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State Museum Society, Springfield, IL 1995 p. 37 and The Inhabitants of Three French Villages at Peoria, Illinois, compiled by Ernest East, 1933, and included in Judith Franke's book p. 99, ISBN 978-0897921404"). I do not have access to the book, but if it is reliable and does make that statement, then it's fine for the article to repeat the claim.
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that the employee is an immortal, who works forever. Same for permanent residency, the concept is staying there for a long-time, not that a person lives forever. This is all the more clear when you read words in context, like words are meant to be read, as is pointed out to you already, in context of
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You misread your definition, in general learn to read more broadly, the only nonsense is trying to shoehorn a word into such a narrow understanding, and then trying to apply your narrow understanding, where it does not belong. Take for example, your definition's use of "permanent employee", what
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I would presume the meaning is that Point du Sable had his sole dwelling in Chicago at that time; he wasn't a traveler who merely stayed briefly in the area while on a journey. Anyway, the statement does have a source ("Franke, Judith A., French Peoria and the Illinois Country 1673–1846, Illinois
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It makes perfect sense European coins circulated throughout the Americas. That was most of the money in the Americas. And it certainly makes more sense than a long-former paper money (that was not used much even when it circulated) because paper did not last. --
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I just uploaded a photo of a postage stamp commemorating Pointe du Sable, but I didn't want to accidentally screw up the formatting of the article, especially since it's been previously featured. If anybody more experienced wants to insert it, here's the
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where he spent nearly twice that length of time. How does that fit the description of Point du Sable as being a "permanent resident" of Chicago? "Permanent" explicitly means "Existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
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That makes zero sense, I'm not why people think its unrealistic for him to have sub saharan ancestry. It like people hate the fact that black Africans exist
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Like I said, it's going to redirect to a disambiguation page if left unchanged, so I leave it to you to link it to whichever article you feel is best.
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In 1800 Point du Sable sold his farm...After Point du Sable sold his property in Chicago, he moved to St. Charles, west of St. Louis
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The earliest known record of Point du Sable living in Chicago is an entry that Hugh Heward made in his journal on 10 May 1790...
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the word's use in this article the word is drawing a contrast with earlier shorter stays, stays of less permanence. --
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That cabin was not where Du sable resided that picture is cut off from another picture that shows The Du Sable Estate
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Otherwise, it will simply redirect to a disambiguation page, and the link will be replaced by someone else anyway.
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moved to Los Angeles in 1982, although in 1994 they returned to Oakland where they have been ever since.
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When I hear about French with African ancestry, I'm usually thinking Algerian, Morocan, or Tunisian.
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and am currently in the process of disambiguating the instances that link to it. (See
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Under the heading "Legacy and honors: Founder of Chicago" the final sentence states
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The article currently includes the text "In 1800 Point du Sable sold his farm to
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I think it's pretty clear that the instance in this article should link to
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However, under the "Biography" section, the 5th paragraph states "
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