James Rees was an American author, playwright, and editor. He also worked as a salesman, and as a clerk for the United States Post Office

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 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Rees was co-editor of the Mechanics' Free Press, 1831; and editor of The Dramatic Mirror, 1842; and of The Philanthropist, 1854. He was closely involved with the Home Missionary Society of the City and County of Philadelphia, a Christian evangelist organization.

He and his wife Anna were the parents of four children, the first two of whom were born in their mother's home state of Louisiana

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Further reading

• "James Rees", in Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, vol. II, p. 1761.
• "James Rees", in Dictionary of American Biography, p. 761.
• "James Rees", in A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature, vol. II, p. 1269.
• "James Rees", in A Dictionary of American Authors, 1904, p. 548.