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Montreal, because of her husband's frequent absences from their home. Viger was heavily involved in the politics of Lower Canada for the next forty years, first as a member of the
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Montreal from his parents and invested his earnings from his law practice in land. When Foretier's parents died, she also inherited land, including her father's seigneurie on
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