Editing Buttonwood Agreement (section)

==History==
In March 1792, twenty-four of New York's leading merchants met secretly at Corre's Hotel to discuss ways to bring order to the securities business. Two months later, on May 17, 1792, the group signed a document called the Buttonwood Agreement, named after their traditional meeting place under a buttonwood tree – not because it was signed there.<ref name=SB />

There were too many brokers involved to meet under a tree. Business was conducted in various offices and coffee houses. In 1793, they coordinated their business inside the [[Tontine Coffee House]] on the corner of Wall and Water streets.<ref name="Richard J. Teweles, Edward S. Bradley, and Ted M. Teweles 1992 97" />

The document is now part of the archival collection of the New York Stock Exchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://diannedurantewriter.com/new-york-stock-exchange-224-years-and-counting/ |title=New York Stock Exchange: 224 Years and Counting |last=Durante |first=Dianne L. |date=22 June 2016 |work=Dianne Durante Writer |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>