<?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>1052</NoticeID><Headline>Five pounds reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1789-06-25T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>New Bern, N.C. : State Gazette of North Carolina</PublisherName><NewspaperName>State Gazette of North Carolina [New Bern], 1785-1790</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>New Bern</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Craven</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>FIVE POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the subscriber, a NEGRO FELLOW named WILL, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, his complexion has a small tint of yellow; had on when he went away a short blue jacket and other clothes suitable for a negro; he is about 40 years old, very cunning and artful, and a tolerable likely fellow. The above reward will be given to any person who will apprehend said fellow and bring him to me, or put him in gaol so that I may get him again. WILLIAM BENNETT. Edenton, June 19th, 1789.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>William Bennett</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Will</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>William Bennett</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Edenton</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Chowan</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>