John Scull was the first editor and publisher of the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains, The Pittsburgh Gazette, now known as The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The original site of Scull's print shop is now the corner of Market Street and the Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1765/07/23 | John Scull is born in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. | Born | Reading | Pennsylvania | John Scull's Birthday | ||
| 1786/00/00 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge, a member of the Pennsylvania state assembly, arranges for John Scull and Joseph Hall, two twenty-one-year-old printers from Philadelphia, to bring a rickety wooden hand printing press across the Allegheny range to Pittsburgh. | Work | |||||
| 1786/07/29 | John Scull and Joseph Hall release the first edition of the Pittsburgh Gazette, the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains. The original site of his print shop is now the corner of Market St and the Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh. | Work | Golden Triangle | ||||
| 1822/00/00 | John Scull Sr leaves public life in Pittsburgh and retires to Brush Hill. | Home | Brush Hill | Irwin | |||
| 1828/02/08 | John Scull dies at the home of his son, John Irwin Scull, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. | Died | Brush Hill | Irwin |
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