<?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>1053</NoticeID><Headline>Five pounds reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1788-12-04T00:00:00</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, at Ocracock, about the latter end of November, a Negro Fellow, named MINGO, formerly the property of Thomas Britton of this town; he is about six feet one or two inches high, slim made, dark complexion, about thirty-five years of age, cunning and artful. Whoever secures said negro so that his master may get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges. ADAM BOUTWELL. Edenton, Dec. 2, 1788.    52 4</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>11/1/1788</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Thomas Britton</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Adam Boutwell</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Mingo</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Adam Boutwell</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Edenton</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Chowan</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>