<?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>1102</NoticeID><Headline>Three dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1777-07-25T00:00:00</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, JULY 25, 1777. Three Dollars Reward. RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named Surry, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, about 30 Years of Age, well made is rather yellowish, and carried with him many different Suits of Clothes. The said Fellow is a new Negro, that speaks pretty good English. He was formerly the Property of Govenor Tryon, and now belongs to the Estate of Isaac Edwards, deceased. Whoever secures him, so that I get him again, shall have the above Reward. RICHARD BLACKLEDGE, Jun.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>7/25/1777</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Governor Tryon</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Richard Blackledge</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Surry</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Isaac Edwards</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>New Bern</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Craven</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>