Twenty-four Leading Merchants

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1792

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Twenty-four Leading Merchants, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Signing of the Buttonwood Agreement

   1792

   Role: Organizers

   1. 1May 17, 1792 · Outside 68 Wall StreetSigning of the Buttonwood Agreement

      Twenty-four brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement in New York City on May 17, 1792, establishing the foundation for the New York Stock Exchange.

Sources

1. Buttonwood Agreement Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-23