<?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>1615</NoticeID><Headline>[Untitled advertisement]</Headline><NoticeDate>1769-11-24T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Wilmington, N.C. : Cape Fear Mercury</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Cape-Fear Mercury [Wilmington], 1769-1775</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Wilmington</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>New Hanover</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Run away, on the 11th of September last, from the Subscriber living in Bladen, a Negro Fellow named WILLIAM, aged about 25 Years, and about 5 Feet 8 Inches high; is well made, has lost some of his Upper fore-Teeh, this Country born, Sensible, and speaks English very well; he is a good Cooper and very handy at Carpetners Work. Whoever secures the Negro WILLIAM, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Five Pounds Reward, paid by   JOHN LUCAS.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>NEW</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>New Hanover</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>9/11/1769</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>John Lucas</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>William</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>John Lucas</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Bladen</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>