o/t, looking for someone knowledgable in historical documents

[billyb]

I know this is not baseball, but it seems you guys have a wealth of knowledge and am hoping to tap into some of that knowledge which is out of the ordinary.
A recent pre 1800 bank book has come up for sale, oldest known bank book and issued by the first bank of NY. The bank book original owner was a 5x great grandfather of mine, but I have no idea what family has put this up for sale.
The original owner has a political history himself, and in this book it appears money was donated to known politicians, all lumped together on same stub. Hamilton (Alexander), Kent (a known Federalist) and Lee(Henry/Harry Lee was associate of James Kent and father of General Robert E. Lee, the father was also a Virginia congressman). A fourth I cannot read.
I have an idea why the money was donated but it is just speculation. There was something called the "panic of 1796 - 1797", and was like a stock market crash. Some high influential politicians went to prison because they could not pay their debts. Henry Lee was at least one of these.
Some of this information the book broker is not aware of.
I am not into historical documents, but because it is family, I am interested, but the selling price is 15K, I think too high.
If anyone has some knowledge in historical documents, especially in potential value, please send me a Pm.

Thank You

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