This is a signed letter by Don Siegelman, who
served one term as Governor of Alabama.
Siegelman was later convicted on federal felony
charges, and was sentenced to prison for seven
years, in a legal process that many saw as being
a blatantly corrupt effort by Republicans to destroy
his career for purely political reasons.
A documentary supportive of Siegelman was
released in 2017, under the title Atticus v.
The Architect: The Political Assassination
of Don Siegelman.
A book giving the opposing side of the story
was published by Eddie Curran in 2010, under
the title The Governor of Goat Hill.
And Don Siegelman himself has just published
his own book on the subject, titled Stealing Our
Democracy: How the Political Assassination
of a Governor Threatens Our Nation.
Siegelman served as Secretary of State of Alabama
from 1979 to 1987. He then served as Attorney
General of Alabama from 1987 to 1991. From 1995
to 1999 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.
Siegelman was elected Governor of Alabama in
1999, and served until January 2003. He lost his
campaign for re-election in 2002 by the narrowest
margin in Alabama history. This occurred when a
highly suspect recount in Baldwin County, with only
Republican officials present, overturned the previous
vote count, and gave Siegelman's opponent, Bob Riley,
just enough votes to win.
The letter is addressed to Richard J. Murphy
(1929-2006), who was Assistant Postmaster
General in both the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations. In 1969, he became an assistant
to Lawrence F. O'Brien, who was chairman of
the Democratic National Committee (and who
later became the Commissioner of the NBA).
Murphy attended every Democratic National
Convention from 1952 to 2000, supervising
security committees at seven conventions.
He was general director of the 1972 convention.
In 1970, Murphy co-edited a book about labor
relations with public employees.
During his career, he also was vice president
of Time Warner Cable and director of government
affairs for the Unisys Corporation.
On May 28, 1972, Murphy's office at the Watergate
complex was broken into, in what is considered
to be the first Watergate break-in.
The letter is dated August 8, 1988.
The letter is in reference to Don Siegelman
and Richard Murphy working together at the
1988 Democratic National Convention.
The letter is written on an 11" by 8.5" sheet
of stationery of Siegelman's stationery as
Attorney General of the State of Alabama.
The letter is in very good condition,
with some moderate wear.
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