Buttonwood Agreement

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The Buttonwood Agreement was the 1792 pact among New York brokers that laid the foundation for what became the New York Stock Exchange.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financial agreement ⓘ
founding document ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buttonwood Pact ⓘ
Buttonwood Tree Agreement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1792-05-17 ⓘ
followedBy New York Stock and Exchange Board ⓘ
governs trading of public bonds ⓘ
trading of public stocks ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered origin of New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
inceptionOf organized securities market in New York ⓘ
laidFoundationFor New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
Wall Street ⓘ
mainSubject brokerage commissions ⓘ
securities trading ⓘ
purpose create a formal association of securities brokers ⓘ
establish rules for commission rates ⓘ
regulate securities trading among brokers ⓘ
signatory Alexander Zuntz ⓘ
Andrew Barclay ⓘ
Augustus Wright ⓘ
Benjamin G. Seixas ⓘ
Benjamin Seixas ⓘ
Benjamin Winthrop ⓘ
Bernard Hart ⓘ
Charles McEvers Jr. ⓘ
David Reedy ⓘ
Ephraim Hart ⓘ
Gulian McEvers ⓘ
Hugh Smith ⓘ
Isaac Gomez ⓘ
Isaac M. Gomez ⓘ
John A. Hardenbrook ⓘ
John Ferrers ⓘ
John Henry ⓘ
Leonard Bleecker ⓘ
Peter Anspach ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
Samuel Beebe ⓘ
Samuel Jones ⓘ
linked to: Samuel March

Samuel March ⓘ
William Seton ⓘ
signatoryCount 24 ⓘ
signedOnStreet 68 Wall Street ⓘ
signedUnder buttonwood tree ⓘ
stipulated members trade securities only with each other ⓘ
minimum commission rate of one-quarter percent ⓘ
year 1792 ⓘ

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subject linked to: NYSE
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