Yes, I actually did read about the "appropriately purchased Murkowski property" your discussing.  

"Honor is a plant of such slow growth that once it has been killed to the root new seeds must be sow & time allowed for their developement. They will thrive to the worst as their bed is tainted."
Thomas Jefferson(R)

"Word of honor, I did not know what the assessed value was," Penney is quoted by the Anchorage Daily News. "I thought it was still $120,000."

http://alaskareport.com/news/z46433_murkowski_sells.htm

Get Mail;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Granger