<?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>639</NoticeID><Headline>Twenty dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1789-04-09T00:00:00</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>TWENTY DOLLARS Reward. RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, on the 29th of December last, an old Negro fellow, by the name of JEM; a tall, slim fellow, blind of one eye; had on a brown great coat, with some patches about the sleeves, and gores in the side, of a brown colour, a grey jacket, and a pair of blue homespun breeches; he also carried off two pair of trowsers. Whoever will apprehend and secure the said Negro, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward of THOMAS PUGH, sen.[senior] Bertie, April 7, 1789.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>12/29/1788</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Thomas Pugh, sen.[senior]</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Jem</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>"Thomas Pugh, sen.[senior]"</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Bertie</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>