Buttonwood Agreement
1792 founding document of the New York Stock Exchange / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Buttonwood (disambiguation).
The Buttonwood Agreement is the founding document of what is now New York Stock Exchange and is one of the most important financial documents in U.S. history.[2] The agreement organized securities trading in New York City and was signed on May 17, 1792 between 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street. According to legend the signing took place under a buttonwood tree where their earliest transactions had occurred.[3] The New York Stock Exchange celebrates the signing of this agreement on May 17, 1792 as its founding.[2]