Elizabeth Hunter Holt Explained

Elizabeth Hunter Holt
Birth Name:Elizabeth Hunter
Birth Date:1726
Birth Place:Yorktown, Virginia
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Resting Place:Christ church burial ground, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Hunter Holt (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.

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