<?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>708</NoticeID><Headline>50 dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1795-09-24T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Wilmington, N.C. : Wilmington Chronicle, and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Wilmington Chronicle, and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, 1795-1796</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Wilmington</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>New Hanover</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>50 Dollars Reward.   RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, on Saturday the 5th inst. a likely Negro slave, named TONY. He is about 24 or 25 years old; in height 5 feet 4 or 5 inches; was born in New Providence, and speaks English well. He had on a pair of striped trowsers, a white shirt, a yellow cloth waistcoat, and high crowned hat. Generally wears his hair platted at the sides.    Whoever delivers said slave to me in Wilmington shall have fifty dollars reward, and all reasonable expences--or for any information whereby I may recover him, ten dollars.--Should he, however, have quit this state, I will give five dollars for certain intelligence thereof.    Captain JAMES CHERARDI.    Sept. 17.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>NEW</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>New Hanover</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>1</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>9/5/1795</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Captain James Cherardi</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Tony</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Captain James Cherardi</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Wilmington</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>New Hanover</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>