In 1792, the very first company was listed on the NYSE. From what industry was that very first publicly-traded company?

The first company to be publicly traded on the newly-minted NYSE was Bank of New York, which had been founded by Alexander Hamilton 8 years earlier. Later, Bank of New York became BNY Mellon, now trading under the symbol BK. Before the bank was listed, NYSE was mostly a governmental securities exchange, with War Bonds being traded.

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