Elizabeth Hunter Holt

Elizabeth Hunter Holt (née Hunter; 1726–1788) 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 (1726–1784) 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 (d. 1787) and a daughter, Elizabeth Oswald, who was also a publisher. In 1784, she was named New York state printer.

References

Bibliography

• Genealogical Publishing Company (1981). Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8063-0947-7.
• Marcus, Maeva; Perry, James R. (1985). The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Suits against states. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-08872-5.
• Weatherford, Doris (2002). Women's Almanac 2002. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-57356-510-3.

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