<?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>1189</NoticeID><Headline>Five pounds reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1773-01-13T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Wilmington, N.C. : Cape Fear Mercury</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Cape-Fear Mercury [Wilmington], 1769-1775</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Wilmington</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>New Hanover</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>FIVE POUNDS REWARD.     RUN away from the subscriber a negro fellow named Valentine belonging to Mr. George Parker; he is well known in Bladen county, and was hired for some time ago to Mr. Francis Lucas; whoever will secure the said negro and deliver him in Wilmington, shall receive the above reward.     THOMAS ALLON.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>NEW</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>New Hanover</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>1</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>George Parker</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Thomas Allon</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Valentine</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Francis Lucas</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Bladen</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>