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Letter from John Rees, 8 June 1824
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John Ernest (Johann Ernst) Juncken Rees was born on 15 August 1758 in Philadelphia to John Jacob Rees and Christina Dorothea Juncken. He moved to Quebec City in approximately 1787 to assist his uncle, Henry Juncken, in his hat-making business. After his uncle's death in 1802, he moved back to Philadelphia with his aunt.
Letter from John Rees to his cousin Benjamin Hall, with his condolences for the deaths of Jacob and John Hall.