The Alexandria controversy: or A series of letters between M.B. & Quæro, on the tenets of Catholicity, which appeared in the Alexandria newspapers
Subtitle: With notes
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40153
Publisher: Printed by W. Duffy, bookseller and stationer.
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Georgetown, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Apologetic works; Controversial literature; Religious disputations; Catholic Church
Notes: The controversy between Rev. Roger Baxter, S.J. (M.B.), and Rev. W.H. Wilmer, Episcopal minister of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria (Quæro) was carried on from May 9-Dec. 1, 1817, with Baxter's letters published in the Alexandria gazette, and Wilmer's in the Alexandria herald. The editor of this compilation, who states on p. vii that he "is unconnected either with M.B. or Quæro, and neither of them have had any thing to do with this work," is G.E. Ironside. See Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, no. 542.

"Errata."--p. [viii].

Shaw & Shoemaker 40153

Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 542

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