The State of Georgia ordered standard U.S. weights and measures manufactured by John W. Kissam of New York for use by county Ordinary courts. This series consists of the directions for packing the boxes and marking and shipping the chests containing the standard weights and measures ordered by the state in 1859 and 1869. Each volume also includes a page for each county noting whether full or partial sets of the weights and measures were ordered. The categories of weights and measures were brass block weights, iron block weights, copper liquid measures, copper dry measures, scales, and a brass yard measure.