Tontine Coffee House
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tontine-coffee-house-243-4930219
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Tontine Coffee House
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The Tontine Coffee House was a coffeehouse in Manhattan, New York City, established in early 1793. Situated at 82 Wall Street, on the north-west corner of Water Street, it was built by a group of stockbrokers to serve as a meeting place for trade and correspondence. It was organized as a tontine, a type of investment plan, and funded by the sale of 203 shares of £200 each. The May 17, 1792, creation of the Buttonwood Agreement, which bound its signatories to trade only with each other, effective
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Coffeehouse in Manhattan, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine_Coffee_House
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2024-03-30T13:19:20Z
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