peltry

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The peltry of the north, no less than the gold and silver of the south, gave impetus to the efforts of those who first settled the western hemisphere.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Wood, Louis Aubrey

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

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

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

Hitherto they had hunted the wild animals merely for subsistence, but now the demand of the traders for furs and peltry stimulated enormously the pursuit of game.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)