<?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>392</NoticeID><Headline>20 dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1797-03-02T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Wilmington, N.C. : Hall's Wilmington Gazette</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Hall's Wilmington Gazette, 1797-1798</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Wilmington</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>New Hanover</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>20 DOLLARS REWARD.  RAN away from the subscriber, on the 10th inst. a negro fellow named SCIPEO, formerly the property of George Davis, Esquire. The above reward will be given to any person who will apprehend and deliver him to the Gaoler in Wilmington, or to Richard Quince.  February 23.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>NEW</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>New Hanover</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>1</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>2/10/1797</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>George Davis, Esquire</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Richard Quince</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Scipeo</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Richard Quince</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>