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Charter granted for the Pittsburgh Academy

When: February 28, 1787
Where: Pittsburgh Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Part of: Charter granted for University of Pittsburgh

Hugh Henry Brackenridge secured a Pennsylvania legislative charter founding the Pittsburgh Academy on February 28, 1787.

Brackenridge obtained a charter for the school from the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 28, 1787, ten weeks before the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia. Founded as the Pittsburgh Academy, the institution became one of the few American colleges established in the eighteenth century and operated as a fully private institution under its 1787 charter.

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University of Pittsburgh Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30

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