<?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>1260</NoticeID><Headline>Ten pounds reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1793-09-25T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Halifax, N.C. : North Carolina Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>North Carolina Journal [Halifax], 1792-1810</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Halifax</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Halifax</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Ten Pounds Reward. RUN-AWAY on the 3d inst. a Negro Fellow, named NED ; he is of a middle size, about 35 years of age, and when standing his knees bend remarkable far back ; he is a rough shoemaker, and carried off a parcell[sic] of old shoemaker's tools : He was formerly the property of Col. Palmer, dec. of Bath, and it is likely that he may make that way, having a brother at the Widow Salter's, near the Red Banks on Tar-River, who, it is thought harboured him when he run-away before.  Any person delivering the said negro to me shall receive the above reward. Halifax county, Sept. 20.  GIDEON ALSTON.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations><string>Bath (N.C.)</string></Destinations><DatesOfDeparture><string>9/3/1793</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Col. Palmer</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Gideon Alston</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Ned</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Gideon Alston</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>