peltry

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Hendry's canoes were literally loaded with peltry when he drew in at the Pas.

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)

When the sweet acorns, dropping in the frosty night, tempt the coon to a later feast, there is as good sport and primer peltry.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

The fees of the court shall be as follows: A magistrate, for every cause of fifty livers or upwards in peltry, shall receive one pistole in peltry, and in proportion for a lesser sum.

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

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

I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz. pellis, the skin of a beast, whence our English terms pell, pelt, peltry, &c.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony