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What were Hugh Henry Brackenridge's accomplishments in Pittsburgh?

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In 1781 he moved to Pittsburgh, where he founded (1786) the Pittsburgh Gazette, the city's first newspaper, and helped to establish the Pittsburgh Academy (now the Univ. of Pittsburgh).

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