History of the New York Stock Exchange
Compiled by Ellen Terrell
Business Reference Services
May 2004
Updated October 2012
The history of the New York Stock Exchange begins
with the signing of the Buttonwood Agreement by twenty-four New York
City stockbrokers and merchants on May 17, 1792, outside at 68 Wall
Street under a Buttonwood tree. In the beginning there were five securities
traded in New York City with the first listed company on the NYSE being
the Bank of New York.
The 24 brokers who signed the agreement, thus becoming the first NYSE
members were:
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Above:
Buttonwood diorama. NYSE. Museum of the City of New York
from the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
Reproduction number: LC-G612-T-47539-A |
Leonard Bleecker |
Hugh Smith |
Armstrong & Barnewall |
Samuel March |
Bernard Hart |
Alexander Zuntz |
Andrew D. Barclay |
Sutton & Hardy |
Benjamin Seixas |
John Henry |
John A. Hardenbrook |
Samuel Beebe |
Benjamin Winthrop |
John Ferrers |
Ephraim Hart |
Isaac M. Gomez |
Gulian McEvers |
Augustine H. Lawrence |
G. N. Bleecker |
John Bush |
Peter Anspach |
Charles McEvers, Jr. |
David Reedy |
Robinson & Hartshorne |
(Source: The NYSE Euronext Web Site: History-
http://www.nyse.com/about/history/1089312755484.html )
On April 4, 2007, the NYSE Group, Inc. combined with Euronext N.V. to create the holding company NYSE Euronext. NYSE Euronext (NYSE/New York and Euronext/Paris: NYX) describes itself as "the world ' s largest and most liquid exchange group ... [comprised of] six cash equities exchanges in five countries and six derivatives exchanges." (Source: The NYSE Euronext Web Site: Home page, http://www.nyse.com/about/1088808971270.html )
Additional Sources
- Constitution and rules. New York Stock Exchange. Chicago, Ill. : Commerce Clearing House
LC Call Number: HG4571 .N56
LC Catalog Record: 95647587
- Directory. New York. Stock Exchange. [New York, n. d.]
LC Call Number: HG4571 .N5
LC Catalog Record: 18018647
Covers years 1919, 1921, 1934, 1964-68, 1972-73, 1995-96 and includes individual member names (with admitted date and firm name/address) but firm names as well.
- Fact book. New York Stock Exchange. [New York, N.Y.] : The New York Stock Exchange. Annual. Ceased in 2001.
Continued online as NYSE Facts and Figures
LC Call Number: HG4571 .N56
LC Catalog Record: 85641633
- History of the New York stock exchange, the New York stock exchange directory, the produce, consolidated stock and petroleum, and cotton exchanges. And the New York and London clearing house systems. New York, The Financier company. [c1887]
LC Call Number: HG4572.H52
LC Catalog Record: 16005774
A general history with early officers and stock information for the active shares and members (with firm and admitted date), list of firms in 1885-1886. Also includes a history of Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange of New York and some information from the New York Produce Exchange and the New York Clearing House Association.
- The New York Stock Exchange, a reprint from the 1886 edition published by the Historical Publishing Company, New York. Arno Press : New York, 1975. 224 p.
LC Call Number: HC4572.N456 1975
LC Catalog Record: 75002620
- The New York Stock Exchange: Another Century. James E. Buck ed. Lyme, CT: Greenwich Pub: 1999.
LC Call Number: HG4572.N453
LC Catalog Record: 98049162
- Report of the president. New York Stock Exchange. [New York] : The Exchange.
Continued by the New York Stock Exchange. Annual financial report.
LC Call Number: HG4571 .N45
LC Catalog Record: 32005491
- Crane, Burton. "The Stock Exchange's 150 Years Cover Nation's Financial Record," New York Times, May 17, 1942.
- Robert Sobel. N.Y.S.E. : a history of the New York Stock Exchange, 1935-1975
New York : Weybright and Talley, [1975]
LC Call Number: HG4572.S673
LC Catalog Record: 75008876
- Stedman, Edmund C. The New York stock exchange; it’s history, it’s contribution to national prosperity, and it’s relation to American finance at the outset of the twentieth century. New York, Stock exchange historical company, 1905.
LC Call Number: HG4572 .S8
LC Catalog Record: 05037562
Includes an appendix with a history of officers, members, and statistics.
- Year book. [New York] Dept. of public relations [etc.] [n.d.]
LC Call Number: HG4571 .N55
LC Catalog Record: 05037562
Includes annual death (with length of service), membership transfer information and other information on happenings of that year.
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