The Biographical Dictionary of America/Arnold, Peleg

ARNOLD, Peleg, jurist, was born at Smithfield, R. I., in 1752. He was admitted to the bar and practised his profession in his native state. He served in the general assembly of Rhode Island, and in 1787 was a delegate to the Continental congress, where he remained two years. He was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the state serving, 1795-1809 and 1810-'12. He died in Smithfield, R.I., Feb. 13, 1820.