Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1919 — Royal Visitors to America. [ARTICLE]

Royal Visitors to America.

A future king of England was the first royal visitor from Europe to land In the United States. He was Prince William Henry, afterward King William IV, who arrived in New York in •1782, a few months before the British troops left- -that city, the-Detroit News recalls. The Country, while it did not show much enthusiasm in welcoming the hpir. to the throne, did endeavor to prolong his stay here. In fact, tradition asserts that soldiers of the American army secretly entered New York, but were unable to find the proper opportunity kidnap the prince; Sixteen years after the visit of Prince William Henry, another Englishman, the duke of Keift, fourth son of George IH, anti father of Queen Victoria, came to the United States on a naval trip, but there is no record of an official reception.