Alex Ham - Clue#36 Alexander Hamilton and a Hint of Cryptography The 36th Twitter clue posted at about 7:00 a.m PDT Thurs July 9th Near the buttonwood's

Clue #36: Alexander Hamilton -- and a Hint of Cryptography The 36th Twitter clue, posted at about 7:00 a.m. PDT, Thurs., July 9th: Near the buttonwood's accord lies a field of Christ. His marker there would make even Khafra smile. The solution to the fundamental elements of this clue was announced on Dan Brown's Facebook fan page by Cheryl Lynn Helm, about 30 minutes after the clue was posted. Good for you, Cheryl! "Buttonwood's accord" is a reference to the Buttonwood Agreement of May 17, 1792, which established the New York Stock & Exchange Board (later known as the New York Stock Exchange, now the NYSE Group). The agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers under a buttonwood (i.e., sycamore) tree outside 68 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City. Of course, the New York Stock Exchange was and remains fundamental to the development of American-style capitalism. "Field of Christ" is a reference to a cemetery. U.S. Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton , is buried in the Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, perhaps a 5-minute walk or so from the location of the Buttonwood Agreement. His grave marker (the "marker" of the clue, of course, shown above) is in the form of a pyramid with a flat apex.

Khafra , or Khafre (also known as Khephren) is the Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty (2650-2480 BC) who built the second largest of the 3 famous pyramids of Giza. In one of his best-known representations , he is represented as smiling. The author of the clue is remarking on