The Adventures of Captain John Patterson / With Notices of the Officers, &c. of the 50th, or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821

LONDON: T. & W. BOONE, 29, NEW BOND STREET.
1837.
T. C. NEWBY, PRINTER, BURY ST. EDMUND'S.
THE QUEEN'S
MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
Madam,
Encouraged by the very flattering manner in which your Majesty condescended to present the 50th with the Colours which they now carry, as well as by a high sense of the honour conferred upon the Regiment when they were styled the Queen's Own, I have presumed to dedicate to your Majesty this feeble record of their services during the late War.
I am fully assured that in whatever quarter of the globe their colours may be displayed, it will be to gain new honours in the field, and that, therefore, the Regiment will ever maintain that place in your Majesty's favour, which they have had the singular good fortune to acquire.
I have the honour to be, Madam,
Your Majesty's most obedient,
and very faithful Subject,
JOHN PATTERSON,