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Joseph Lewis Cunningham (1784-1843) or J. L. Cunningham worked as an auctioneer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the first half of the 19th century.〔Massachusetts directory: being the first part of the New-England directory. Boston: John Hayward, 1835. (Google books )〕 Among the many lots he sold were birds, horses, real estate, furniture, sea captains' charts, telescopes, American and European artworks, fishing line, feathers, fabric, guns, musical instruments, fruit trees, flower seeds, printers' equipment, and books. ==Biography== His business partners included John J. Linzee (Linzee & Cunningham, India Wharf)〔Boston Directory. 1807〕〔 and Lemuel Blake (Blake & Cunningham, "respectable auctioneers and commission merchants").〔Lemuel Blake (1775-1861). Cf. "Quarterly obituary." New England historical and genealogical register, July 1861〕〔Blake & Cunningham, auctioneers, no.5 Kilby. Cf. Boston Directory. 1823〕 In the early 1820s he conducted his auctioneering from nos. 2-3 Liberty Square; a fire in 1825 forced him to move.〔〔Very destructive fire. National Aegis (Worcester, Mass.), April 13, 1825〕 In 1826 he built Corinthian Hall, at the corner of Milk Street and Federal Street, and used "the first floor of the building for his extensive auction rooms."〔Corinthian Hall also had space "which was finished for an assembly room, has become a fashionable place for the meeting of cotillion parties. It was first opened by Mons. Lebasse, for his Dancing Assembly, on the 4th of October, 1826." Cf. Bowen's picture of Boston, 3rd ed. 1838.〕 "Mr. J. L. Cunningham has erected a noble building... where formerly stood the mansion... of Judge Paine. It has a number of fine halls in the second and third stories, and on the lower floor, is a spacious and commodious auction room; adjoining which, on each street, are several neat and elegant shops. The halls will be much wanted, and Mr. Cunningham is entitled to some thanks for thus arranging his costly building to the public convenience and accommodation."〔A new hall. Boston news letter. Sept. 2, 1826. (Google books )〕 He married three times, in 1807 to Sarah Inman Linzee (1787-1820), in 1821 to Mary Ann Inman (d.1825), and in 1828 to Catherine Amory.〔Henry Winchester Cunningham. Andrew Cunningham of Boston and some of his descendants: a brief genealogy. Boston: 1901〕 He lived in Boston on Somerset Street (c. 1807)〔 and Bedford Street (c. 1823).〔Boston Directory. 1823〕 He attended Trinity Church.〔John William Linzee. The Lindeseie and Limesi families of Great Britain: including the probates at Somerset house, London, England, of all the spellings of the name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1917. (Google books )〕 He died in 1843, and was "buried in vault no.32 under old Trinity Church, Boston, afterwards removed to Mt. Auburn cemetery in Cambridge."〔Linzee. 1917.〕 A trade auction of "books, stereotype plates and stationery, formerly held by J.L. Cunningham" brought in an "amount... unusually large, between 80 and 100,000 dollars."〔Daily Atlas (Boston), 1841-1843〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Lewis Cunningham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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