<?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>1571</NoticeID><Headline>Ranaway</Headline><NoticeDate>1837-01-20T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Charlotte, N.C. : Charlotte Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Charlotte Journal</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Charlotte</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Mecklenburg</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Ranaway FROM the subscriber, on the 10th inst. a bright mulatto girl, named HETTY, on her left cheek is a very notable scar or hole, caused by the tooth ache, about the size of a sixpence, and has lost nearly all her teeth. She is 25 years old, and about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, she is slender and carries herself very erect. Her clothing is good, and has amongst them several good silk dresses. I will give a reward of ten dollars if taken in this county, or twenty five dollars if apprehended out of it, and delivered to me, or lodged in jail, so that I get her. JAMES H. BLAKE. Jan. 18, 1837. 29tf</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>MEC</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Mecklenburg</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>1/10/1837</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>James H. Blake</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Hetty</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>James H. Blake</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>