Elizabeth Hunter Holt


Elizabeth Hunter Holt was a colonial American newspaper publisher from the U.S. state of Virginia.

Biography

Elizabeth Hunter Holt was the sister of William Hunter of Yorktown, Virginia. She married John Holt of Williamsburg, Virginia, whom she succeeded at the New York Journal, which for a short time was renamed the Independent New York Gazette. They had a son, John Hunter Holt and a daughter, Elizabeth Oswald, who was also a publisher. In 1784, she was named New York state printer.