5月17日　『すずかけ協定』　Buttonwood Agreement

日付:
1792年5月17日 ニューヨークの仲買人がすずかけ協定を結び
ウォール街での証券取引が始まる。これが後にニューヨーク証券取引所に発展する。

アメリカ・ニューヨークのウォール街にあったスズカケノキの街路樹の下で、２４人の株式仲買人によって徴収する最低限の手数料の取り決めが行われた。

この取り決めは『すずかけ（すずかけの木）協定（Buttonwood Agreement）』と呼ばれており、長い間株式市場の最も基本的なルールとして認識されていたが、その後この協定を元にニューヨーク証券取引所が出来上がる。

Buttonwood Agreement

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depiction of traders under the buttonwood tree
The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange. This agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New York under a buttonwood tree. The organization drafted its constitution on March 8, 1817, and named itself the "New York Stock & Exchange Board". In 1863, this name was shortened to its modern form, the "New York Stock Exchange".

Document agreement

In brief, the agreement had two provisions: 1) the brokers were to deal only with each other, thereby eliminating the auctioneers, and 2) the commissions were to be 0.25%. It reads as follows:

Source Document

The document is housed at the Museum of American Finance.[2] The Virtual Museum and Archive of the History of Financial Regulation of The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society does have this image.

Names and address

The twenty-four brokers (also known as, Founding and Subsequent Fathers) who signed the Buttonwood Agreement were (including business location):[3]
  • Peter Anspach … 3 Great Dock Street
  • Armstrong & Barnewall … 58 Broad Street
  • Andrew D. Barclay … 136 Pearl Street
  • Samuel Beebe … 21 Nassau Street
  • G. N. Bleecker … 21 Broad Street
  • Leonard Bleecker … 16 Wall Street
  • John Bush … 195 Water Street
  • John Ferrers … 205 Water Street
  • Isaac M. Gomez … 32 Maiden Lane
  • Travis Handak … 55 Broad Street
  • John A. Hardenbrook … 24 Nassau Street
  • Ephraim Hart … 74 Broadway
  • John Henry … 13 Duke Street
  • Augustine H. Lawrence … 132 Water Street
  • Samuel March … 243 Queen Street
  • Charles McEvers Jr. … 194 Water Street
  • Julian McEvers … 140 Greenwich Street
  • David Reedy … 58 Wall Street
  • Robinson & Hartshorne … 198 Queen Street
  • Benjamin Seixas … 8 Hanover Square
  • Hugh Smith … Tontine Coffee House
  • Sutton & Hardy … 20 Wall Street
  • Benjamin Winthrop … 2 Great Dock Street
  • Alexander Zuntz … 97 Broad Street
The Buttonwood Agreement is honored by the name of the financial markets column in The Economist.

Tontine Coffee House

Later in 1793, they conducted their business inside the Tontine Coffee House.[1]