<?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>1452</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1794-01-08T00:00:00</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>RAN AWAY from the subscriber the 28th inst. a Negro Fellow named DICK ; about five feet six inches high, dark complexion, lost one of his upper fore teeth, cropt in both ears ; plays tolerably well on the lise, of which he is very fond : It is supposed he will go to Tarborough.  A generous Reward will be given to any person delivering him to LEWIS BRANTLEY. Jan. 1   78</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations><string>Tarboro (N.C.)</string></Destinations><DatesOfDeparture><string>12/28/1793</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Lewis Brantley</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Dick</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Lewis Brantley</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>