Patrick Gass
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Patrick Gass (June 12, 1771 – April 2, 1870) served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter, and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807, seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals.
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Patrick Gass | |
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Born | (1771-06-12)June 12, 1771 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | April 2, 1870(1870-04-02) (aged 98) Wellsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse |
Maria Hamilton
(m. 1831; died 1846) |
Children | 7 |
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