<?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>1192</NoticeID><Headline>Five pounds reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1787-10-04T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>New Bern, N.C. : State Gazette of North Carolina</PublisherName><NewspaperName>State Gazette of North Carolina [New Bern], 1785-1790</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>New Bern</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Craven</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Five Pounds Reward.   RAN-AWAY from Wilmington, in July last, a negro fellow named Abraham, Guinea born; it is supposed he is lurking in Dobbs county where he formerly lived. Any person delivering said slave to Mr. --Jones, Wilmington, Mr. Spaulding, Kinston, or to the subscriber, Newbern, shall receive the above reward with reasonable charges.   FRANCIS STRINGER.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations><string>Dobbs County (N.C.)</string></Destinations><DatesOfDeparture><string>7/1/1787</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Francis Stringer</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Abraham</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Francis Stringer</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>