Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1902 — The Coronation Invitation. [ARTICLE]

The Coronation Invitation.

Perhaps the only invitation* to the Coronation of King Edward the Seventh, to be received in Jasper County was one sent to Coen & Brady of this place by an exporting firm. TLe invitation which is printed on a heavy, spongy paper folded 6| by 9 inches m size is printed in old style English or Text type, in black ink and carries at the top the English Coat of Arms in bright red ink. As to the genuineness of the invitation we do not believe that it is such but that it is a sac simile copy of the genuine gotten up for the purpose in a cheaper The wording of the invitation is as follows: ‘ The Royal Family of Great Britain and Ireland, Imperial India ail’d the British Colonial Possessions Beyond the sea Greeth thee and commandeth thy presence at the Abbey 'of Westminister in the Ancient city of London on the twenty-eighth day of June Anno Domini nineteen hundred and two, Anno Regni one thousand and two on the occasion of the solemn ceremony The Coronation of the son and heir of the reigning house and prince of the blood royal Albert Edward George Plantagent William St. Leger Henry Guelph James Bittinger Cower Wettin Fitz Maurice. Knight of the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Bath and possessor of numerous and various other most noble and exalted titles > as Edward the Seventh by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and Emperor of India. Haecpro amioitianostra”