peltry

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At the request of Iberville, the new governor of Louisiana, the government now permitted Illinois traders to sell their peltry in Louisiana, to prevent them from earning it over the mountains to the English.

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

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

The Clerks & Sheriffs perhaps may be paid, as with us, only converting Tobacco fees into their worth in peltry.

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

The clerk for issuing a writ shall receive three livers in peltry, and all other fees as heretofore.

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

Crow and Blackfoot and Sioux Indians often raided the brigades when on the home trip loaded with peltry.

From Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)