<?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>1283</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1775-05-05T00:00:00</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>THIS is to give all Persons Notice, that there is a Negro Fellow named HOLLOW, detained from me; he is about 30 Years of Age, a shot well set Fellow, has a scald Head, is a good Cooper, likewise a Corker, and is a sensible Fellow. Whoever will take the said Fellow and bring him to me, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, paid by   BENJAMIN BLOUNT.  March 10, 1775.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>4</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Benjamin Blount</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Hollow</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Benjamin Blount</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>