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When you need a criminal
When you need a criminal
defense lawyer, select one of
defense lawyer, select one of
New Jersey’s Super Lawyers,
New Jersey’s Super Lawyers,
right here in Mercer County.
When you need a criminal defense ewing then and now
right here in Mercer County.
lawyer, select one of New Jersey’s Super
Call Frank Flacks!
Call Frank Flacks!
Lawyers, right here in Mercer County. A capital idea in New Jersey
Call Frank Flacks!
By Helen kull ton, or of the Potomac, near George-
town, provided a suitable district can be
That’s right! Attorney Frank Flacks was selected one of Mercer
That’s right! Attorney Frank Flacks was selected one of Mercer While driving from Pennington to procured on one of the rivers for a fed-
County’s “Top Criminal Defense Lawyers” by New Jersey Magazine’s
That’s right! Attorney Frank Flacks was selected one of Mercer County’s “Top Ewing, heading for the Benjamin Tem- eral town.” Later that day it was resolved
County’s “Top Criminal Defense Lawyers” by New Jersey Magazine’s
New Jersey’s Super Lawyers 2010.
Criminal Defense Lawyers” by New Jersey Magazine’s New Jersey’s Super ple House on Federal City Road, the that the federal town should be erected
New Jersey’s Super Lawyers 2010.
Lawyers 2010. radio was on in my car, and the talk was, on the Delaware, near the falls, either
And this was no “beauty contest.” The magazine used a rigorous
And this was no “beauty contest.” The magazine used a rigorous not surprisingly, about the goings on in on the New Jersey side or the Pennsyl-
And this was no “beauty contest.” The magazine used a rigorous selection
selection process that included research and evaluation based on 12
selection process that included research and evaluation based on 12
process that included research and evaluation based on 12 indicators of peer Washington, D.C. vania side. A committee was organized
indicators of peer recognition, professional achievement, and peer
I thought, “I could be driving in the to investigate the locations and report
indicators of peer recognition, professional achievement, and peer
recognition, professional achievement, and peer review within the primary midst of that United States capital city back.
review within the primary area of legal practice.
review within the primary area of legal practice.
area of legal practice. right now, right here in Mercer County.” But delegates and interested par-
As one of the state’s premier criminal attorneys, Frank has been
As one of the state’s premier criminal attorneys, Frank has been
As one of the state’s premier criminal attorneys, Frank has been practicing law Many of you may know that Federal ties from the Southern states were not
practicing law in the Mercer for over 30 years. In addition to
in the Mercer County area for over 30 years. In addition to criminal defense, City Road’s name derives from the fact pleased with a location that far north
practicing law in the Mercer for over 30 years. In addition to
that at one time, our fledgling country (including General Washington), and
criminal defense, his practice also includes personal injury,
his practice also includes personal injury, worker’s compensation, traffic was considering locating the country’s the location became a topic of conten-
criminal defense, his practice also includes personal injury,
worker’s compensation, traffic tickets, and DWI.
tickets, and DWI. permanent capital right here. But I’ll tion. (Imagine that!) The minority was
worker’s compensation, traffic tickets, and DWI.
So when your critical legal situation demands proven competency and guess that many don’t know much more so strong that two alternately-occu-
So when your critical legal situation demands proven competency
So when your critical legal situation demands proven competency
professionalism, call Frank! than that. I didn’t either, so I sought to pied seats of government in Trenton
and professionalism, call Frank!
and professionalism, call Frank! find out more. and Annapolis were proposed—which
In the years directly following the end prompted Francis Hopkinson to
of the Revolution in 1781, the Congress describe the mechanism as “a pendu-
Rottkamp & Flacks
Rottkamp & Flacks of the Confederation (also called the Con- lum vibrating between Annapolis and
tinental Congress) met in differing loca-
Trenton.”
795 Parkway Ave.,
795 Parkway Ave., tions: New York City, Philadelphia, Annap- Subsequent motions on the topic, dur-
Suite A-6
Suite A-6 olis, Trenton and Princeton. Meeting in ing sessions in Trenton in December of
Philadelphia in June of 1783, the delegates 1784, appropriated a sum not to exceed
Ewing, NJ 08628
Ewing, NJ 08628 felt that there should be a permanent loca- $100,000 for “procuring suitable build-
609-882-0556
609-882-0556 tion for the Congress to meet. ings for national purposes.” Three com-
A newspaper in 1783 described the missioners were to be selected to plan
ideal site for the government as a port, a district between two and three miles
conveniently and centrally located, and square at a location on the banks of the
capable of receiving current news; not Delaware not more than eight miles
already a state capital, commercial cen- above or below the lower falls for a Fed-
Score a Great Deal ter or under local or state law; and hav- eral town.
“A Capitol, and houses for the presi-
ing laws against “public turbulence.”
But wait, you say. Trenton’s a state dent of Congress” were to be erected
Oil Change Today! capital! However, it wasn’t in 1783. Tren- and completed in “an elegant manner,”
ton did not become the New Jersey state with lots for houses for use by the states’
capital until November of 1790. New Jer- delegates. The citizen commissioners
sey was then one of several states which elected in February of 1785 were John
Ewing Lawrenceville offered sites for the “federal city,” and Brown, Philemon Dickinson and Robert
Parkway & Olden Ave Rt 1 & Franklin Corner Rd actively pursued garnering support. Morris (owner of a large estate across
(Behind IHOP) (Across from WaWa) On October 7, 1783, meeting in Princ- the river from Trenton, now known as
609-530-0055 609-896-3798 eton, a motion was made that “buildings Morrisville).
Mercerville for the use of Congress be erected on Southern delegates repeatedly tried
702 RT 33 east the banks of the Delaware, near Tren- to defeat appropriations for planning
(Opposite Hamilton Carwash) and construction, but were unsuccess-
609-586-4596 ful. However, in September, a move to
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Phone: (609) 883-1605 new government assuming debt from
Fax: (609) 883-6160 the war in exchange for locating the fed-
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selected by Washington in 1791.
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