The first work "Letters of Paul and Amicus" was anonymously written by the Quaker Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), one of Delaware's earliest literary figures and originally published by the Christian Repository, a weekly paper printed at Wilmington, Delaware. Under the pseudonym of Amicus, Ferris first published his controversial exchange of letters with the reverend Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert (1793-1853) in the periodical the "Christian Repository".
"It may be proper to inform the Reader, that this interesting discussion commenced so far back as the early part of 1821, with an Essay over the signature of 'PAUL,' (in the Christian Repository,) charging the Society of Friends with holding doctrines and practices inimical to the principles of the Gospel, as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. These charges were ably met by another writer over the signature of 'AMICUS.' Seldom have the productions of anonymous writers excited a more lively interest than have these of 'Paul' and 'Amicus,' especially among Presbyterians and Friends...." - Quoted from the "Advertisement". 

Hardcover. Poor condition, mildewed, binding okay. PDF available. Keep.