<?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>440</NoticeID><Headline>25 dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1804-08-27T00:00:00</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>25 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY From the Subscriber, on the Night of the 24th ult, in the Town of Halifax, A LIKELY young Negro Fellow about 19 or 20 years of age, by the name of JOHN.  He is a black fellow, about 5 feet 8 inches high and slender; has a scar just above one of his eyes, but do not recollect which.  Any person who will secure him in a gaol, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. THOMAS FENNER. July 2, 1804    32 tf</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>4</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>7/24/1804</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Thomas Fenner</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>John</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Thomas Fenner</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Halifax</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>