peltry

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But the place was far north of the regions they actually occupied; and English adventurers, with the sanction of the Government, settled there, and opened a trade in peltry with China.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

The Spanish refused to allow the Americans to navigate the Mississippi, Virginia money entirely lost its credit, hard money was scarce, and peltry was difficult for the military commissaries to obtain.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton

Then a husky-dog in bells and harness bounced up over the drifts, followed by another and yet another—eight or ten dogs to each long, low toboggan that slid along loaded and heaped with peltry.

From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

I'd as lief be descended from a canvased ham as an Astor peltry or a Vanderbilt steamboat.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

To accomplish this beaver and other peltry were placed on the enumerated list, but the duties payable in England were materially decreased.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene