First Annual Ceremony Honoring the 230th Anniversary of The Buttonwood Agreement
The Buttonwood Tree in front of the NY Stock Exchange
On May 17,1792, twenty-four stock brokers trading largely in government securities got together under a buttonwood (“sycamore”) tree on Wall Street to sign an agreement forming what today is the New York Stock Exchange. This so-called “Buttonwood Agreement”, which provides that trades in listed securities be brought to a central market with uniform prices, created the basis for the New York Stock Exchange today.
Sponsoring Organizations
LOWER MANHATTAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
ALEXANDER HAMILTON AWARENESS SOCIETY
ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NY
CHINATOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT / CHINATOWN PARTNERSHIP
CULTURENOW
FINANCIAL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, ARCHEOLOGY, & EDUCATION
JEWISH LEARNING CENTER
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ITS FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine in front of the Stock Exchange with James S. Kaplan, A Founder & Chairman of the Lower Manhattan Historical Society
Ambrose M. Richardson, President, Lower Manhattan Historical Association
Peter Asch, Manager, Corporate Communications & Archives, NY Stock Exchange
Jessica Lappin, President Alliance for Downtown NY
Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President
Christopher Martes, NY City Council Member District 1
James S. Kaplan, A Founder & Chairman of the Lower Manhattan Historical Association
James S. Kaplan, a Founder & Chairman, Lower Manhattan Historical Association
John E. Herzog, Founder Museum of American Finance
Peter C. Hein, President Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York & Secretary, Lower Manhattan Historical Association
Theodore Perez, Legislative Liason, New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou
Theodore Perez presenting the Citation to Ambrose M. Richardson
Peter Asch, Manager, Corporate Communcations & Archives, New York Stock Exchange
Citation
New York Stock Exchange
The Buttonwood Agreement
Buttonwood Agreement - original
Citation from the New York State Assembly to the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, May 17, 2022