Letter from Newton to the Treasury requesting a warrant for check weights to be sent to Edinburgh

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For recoining the moneys i{n}|of| Scotland in her Maj^ties Mint at Edinborough

An Order of her Ma^ty or Counse|ci|l is humbly desired, that y^e Warden or|f| her Maj^ties Mint i{s}|n| the Tower do forthwith make or cause to be made two Piles of Troy weight of great Britain, in the most exact & perfect manner that by his endeavours can be done, & that the greater & smaller weights of the said two Piles be made & framed proportionable thereunto, & that they be examined & stamped w^th the date & printed with a Rose & Thistle standing upon one common stalk & crowned w^th one common crown & the date stamped upon them, in the presence of the Officers of her Maj^ties Mint in the Tower, & that one of the said Piles be then delivered by the said Warden to the Order of the Lord High Treasurer to be carried to her Maj^ties Mint at Edin{illeg}|b|orough & there to remain with her Maj^ties Officers of the said Mint, to the end that other weights of Troy may be there made conformable unto them, & the other of the said piles to remain with{in} the Warden or Wardens for the time being within the said Tower of London.