<?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>1575</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1826-07-04T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Charlotte, N.C. : Catawba Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Catawba Journal [Charlotte], 1824-1827</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Charlotte</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Mecklenburg</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Ranaway FROM the subscriber, on the 24th instant, a negro girl named CHLOE. She is 18 or 19 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, and of rather a yellow complexion.--Also, a boy named BILL, aged 16 or 17, but quite small of his age. Said negroes are supposed to be lurking about Charlotte. A liberal reward will be given to any person who will secure them in jail, or deliver them to me. 3t90 B. OATES.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>MEC</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Mecklenburg</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations><string>Charlotte (N.C.)</string></Destinations><DatesOfDeparture><string>6/24/1826</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>B. Oates</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Bill</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Chloe</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>B. Oates</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence /><StateOfResidence /></notice>