TLS signed “H.S.T.,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 22, 1955. Letter to the Hon. Matthew J. Connelly, in full: "Somebody in your City apparently thinks you have an office in Independence, Missouri. I wish you did! I hope everything is going well with you." Additionally includes an TLS from Jacob Ashley on his law firm's letterhead, March 13, 1956, concerning a "petition for mandamus in the United States Court of Appeals" filed on Connelly's behalf; an attached unsigned typed letter on Truman's letterhead, marked "Not Sent" in red pencil in Truman's hand, reads: "I am returning the letter which I took away from you, without having obtained any very great satisfaction with it. The first time I see you I will tell you what happened but you keep a stiff upper lip and your friends won't desert you. If there is any way I can help the situation I'll do it." In very good to fine condition, with staining to the accompanying letters. Connelly, who had served as executive secretary to Vice President Truman, and as appointments secretary to President Truman, was indicted for bribery in 1955 in one of the most widely publicized political scandals of the era. Convicted in 1956, he served six months in prison in 1960, and was granted a full pardon by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
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