Holograph draft of Treasury warrant to John Stanley [London warden] to have two sets of check weights made, one for London and one for Edinburgh. Followed by a series of calculations

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After our hearty commendations, Whereas by the Indent{illeg}ure of ye Mint herein the Tower you are authorized by wth ye consent of the General of ye Mint in Scotland to make two standard {illeg} Piles of standard Troy weights of England & deliver one of them by {illeg}Bill indented to ye said General {illeg}& such a Pile is now requisite for ye use of the said & whereas the service of thatthat Mint {illeg} requiresrequires h{illeg} so that the consent of the said General cannot n{illeg}ow{illeg} be had wth sufficient speed thisese and therefore to direct & require to yo make two such Piles wth all the usual {illeg} possible exactness in the exactest manner that that may be {illeg}wthout the cons staying for the consent of the said General & to examin & stamp them wth the arms of great Br. crowned {illeg}& to deliver one of them to the Sr David Nairn K. Principal secretary of State Depute
to be {illeg}by him sent to the said General into Scotland & there delivered to the said Genl upon his s by Bill indented. And for so doing he giving such a receipt as by the said Indenture is directed.

To my very loving Friend
Sr Iohn Stanley Baront
Warden of her Majts Mint
in the Tower.