Jonathan Arnold
Jonathan Arnold | |
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Born | |
Died | February 1, 1793 | (aged 52)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Physician, statesman |
Jonathan Arnold (December 3, 1741 – February 1, 1793) was an American physician and statesman from New England. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Arnold served in the Continental Army as a surgeon, and directed the army hospital at Providence.[1] He represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Confederation Congress[2] in 1782 and 1783. He moved to a farm in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in 1787, and later served as a judge.
He also served as a clerk in the colony of Rhode Island in 1767. He would write the voucher to the recipient ordering payment from Joseph Clarke Esquire with the General Treasury of the Colony of Rhode Island.
Descendants[]
He was the father of Lemuel Hastings Arnold and great-great-grandfather of Theodore Francis Green.
References[]
- ^ Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). . . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
- ^ Staples, William Read (1870). Rhode Island in the Continental Congress. Providence Press Company, Printers to the State. p. 44.
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External links[]
- United States Congress. "Jonathan Arnold (id: A000289)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1741 births
- 1793 deaths
- Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island
- Vermont state court judges
- Continental Congressmen from Rhode Island
- 18th-century American politicians
- Continental Army officers from Rhode Island
- Physicians in the American Revolution
- People of colonial Rhode Island
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