<?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>825</NoticeID><Headline>Twenty dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1778-10-09T00:00:00</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>TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.  Ran away from me in Newbern, a negro wench named Sall, a short, thick, yellowish wench, well known in Newbern. She has been seen in company with Billico, a fellow of Mr. Sanders's, and is supposed harboured by him.--Whoever delivers her to me, or secures her in any gaol, shall have the reward. (3) MARY GORDAN.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>CRA</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Craven</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>4</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Mary Gordon</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Sall</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Mary Gordon</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>New Bern</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Craven</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>