Il avait sa femme s'occuper des affaires du drapier et il a abordé l'art.
He had his wife look after the draper's business and he took up art.
Après, il a épousé Madeleine, il est entré dans le commerce du drapier dans laquelle sa famille étaient impliqués.
After he married Madeleine he joined in the draper's trade in which her family were involved.
Après avoir été apprenti chez un drapier, il apprit le droit auprès d'un juge local et fut admis au barreau de l'État de New York en 1823.
After being apprenticed to a clothier, he read law with a local judge and was admitted to the New York state bar in 1823.
Appartenant à une riche famille – son père était marchand drapier –, François passa son adolescence et sa jeunesse dans l'insouciance, cultivant les idéaux chevaleresques de l'époque.
As part of a rich family his father was a cloth merchant Francis lived a carefree adolescence and youth, cultivating the chivalrous ideals of the time.
Le père d’Elisa était drapier, et il voulait qu’elle devienne couturière.
Elisa's father was a clothier, and he wanted her to be a seamstress.
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