[Pages 1 and 2 are a letter dated 1836 from Isaiah and Anna Williams, in ink:]

[Page 1]
My Dear Children ...
your brother Rufus died last weak and was buried? he had just returned
home from Illinois 
[describes why he thinks Rufus died]
... He [Rufus] bought eighty acres of land of Abraham paid two
hundred dollars ...
... We had a letter from Abiather on
Monday they ware all well and that he had bought
[Page 2]
eight village lots and had bin offered twice
what he had given for them...
To Benajah Williams
Jerusha Williams
Henderson Nov 12 1836

[Page 3, in ink]
Mr Benajah Williams in
West Mendon
County of Monrow
State of New York
Henderson, N.Y. Nov 1836
[In pencil]
From Grandfather announcing the death of Rufus