Elizabeth Hunter Holt

Elizabeth Hunter Holt ( 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.