Jonathan E. Hoag

(1831-1927)
New York

frontispiece

Jonathan E. Hoag, The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag
(New York: [Privately printed] 1923)

A New York Times obituary dated, October 18, 1927 (p.29) reports the death of Washington County, New York's oldest resident, Jonathan E. Hoag, who died at age 97 in his home, Vista Buena. Mr. Hoag, a descendant of Ethan Allen, was "a lawyer, poet, newspaper correspondent, scientist and scholar." H.P. Lovecraft played a substantial part in the publication of Hoag's collected verse, The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag. (See, S.T. Joshi, A Dreamer and a Visionary: H.P. Lovecraft in His Time 163-164 (England: Liverpool University Press, 2001)

Poetry

Jonathan E. Hoag, The Poetical Works of Jonathan E. Hoag (New York: [Privately printed] 1923)

_____________, Home ([Hoosick Falls, New York, 1926])

Writings

Jonathan E. Hoag, A World I'd Have ([Troy, New York]: Troy Times, 1924)