<?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>770</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1778-05-01T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>New Bern, N.C. : North Carolina Gazette</PublisherName><NewspaperName>North Carolina Gazette [New Bern], 1768-1778</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>New Bern</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Craven</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>DOBBS, April 20, 1778. RUN away from the subscriber, about the Middle of August last, a new negro fellow who answers to the name of PETER, about 5 feet 5 inches high, about 40 years of age, can't or won't  speak English, has a small hole in one his ears, is remarkable for making snuff, and taking it off one of his thumbs, and had on a coarse frock. Whoever delivers him to me or secures him in any goal that I may get him, shall have 5 1. reward.  BENJAMIN CASWELL.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Benjamin Caswell</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Peter</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Benjamin Caswell</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Lenoir</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>