Posts in December 1, 2015

Try to avoid inferring more from a document than what it actually says. A quick reading of a 1742 deed from Massachusetts suggested the wife was dead. However a slower, more careful reading of the deed, indicated that the deed clearly stated only the husband was dead. It was never actually stated the wife was dead. Always read a document more than once. And think about what it says. And more importantly: what it does not.