<?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>1440</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1775-02-24T00:00:00</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>RAN away from the Plantation of John Murray, Esq; at Rocky Point, about [illegible] Weeks since, a Negro Wenchnamed Hannah, formerly the Property of Patrick Gordon, Esq; late of this Town, and well knwon here. Whoever apprehends the said Wench, and delivers her to the Printer hereof, shall have 5 Pounds Reward.  Newbern, February 23, 1775.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Patrick Gordon, Esq.</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Hannah</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>John Murray Esquire</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>New Bern</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Craven</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>