<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>1101</NoticeID><Headline>Ten dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1778-04-03T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>New Bern, N.C. : North Carolina Gazette</PublisherName><NewspaperName>North Carolina Gazette [New Bern], 1768-1778</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>New Bern</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Craven</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>NEWBERN, April 3.  TEN DOLLARS REWARD.  RUN away from this place a negro fellow named SALEM, about 5 feet 9 inches high, lusty and well made, speaks good English, and is used to the river trade; had on when he went away a green jacket, dirty trowsers, blue stockings, new shoes, white metal buckets, and a chip has; he is supposed to have down the river, as he took with him a small boat marked on the stern, H.S. Whoever brings the said slave and back to Newbern, shall have the above reward.  FRANCES BATCHELOR.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Frances Batchelor</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Salem</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Frances Batchelor</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>New Bern</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Craven</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>