When Benjamin Mansfield Ropes was born on 25 September 1791, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Capt. George Ropes, was 26 and his mother, Seeth Millet, was 22. He died on 2 February 1871, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
On May 28, 1797, the Friendship of Salem was built. It was 102 feet long and 27 feet wide. It made fifteen voyages in its time. The ship was captured as a prize of war during the war of 1812.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: variant of Rope with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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