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Chicago area before Point du Sable, I don't think that any of the cited sources (or any others that I have seen) dispute the first permanent resident status of Point du Sable, so I think that the amended version should be OK. To add context to the arrest as you suggested I thought that a link to the
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first permanent resident, but which did not state "wide" recognition. Seeing how (from the article) that the status might be recent (how much opposition is there?), it might be more precise (and avoid any calls of bias) to say that "... is regarded by the city of
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This would be the summary of "He is therefore widely regarded as the first permanent resident of
Chicago" in the Founder of Chicago section. The sentence is sourced to Pacyga 2009, p. 12, and The City of Chicago Official Website, both of which only (i.e. the source themselves) recognizes him as the
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On looking at this, we have a few more citations in the 'Founder of
Chicago' paragraph that place Point du Sable as the first permanent resident and/or founder of Chicago (Quaife 1933, Baumann 2005, Graham 1953). So I didn't want the lead to focus on one specific source—instead I just removed the
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To help readers less familiar with US history, an insertion about the state of affairs in the continent at that time should be inserted, ala "In 1779, the
British colonists in North America were revolting against their overseas king and government. Point du Sable was arreseted
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