[Ads-l] Antedating of "con artist"

[Baker, John]

Thanks, Jon. I still don't understand why this happens. It's readable online in the ADS-L archives. 


John Baker


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> On Mar 7, 2016, at 6:33 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Unreadable, John.
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> JL
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>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
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