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Title
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Dr. Benoist Troost
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Description
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Information on Dr. Benoist Troost (1786-1859), the first physician in Kansas City (or one of the first without a medical degree). Native of The Netherlands, emigrating to Westport in 1847 and building the first brick hotel here called the Gillis House hotel. Troost Avenue was named for Dr. Benoist Troost.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of Benoist Troost (1786-1859), "[c]onsidered the first physician to reside in Kansas City," a Dutch immigrant and wealthy Kansas City real estate developer, including the Gillis House hotel.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Doctor and Mrs. Benoist
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Description
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A 12-page typewritten paper originally written for the Art Gallery Studies class at the University of Kansas City. Includes information on Benoist and Mary Ann Troost as well as the Troost portraits done by George Caleb Bingham.
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Date
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1953
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Dr. Benoist Troost
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Description
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George Caleb Bingham painted a portrait of Dr. Benoist Troost in 1859. Book contains a picture of the portrait and biographical information on Dr. Troost. "Some admirers of this likeness insist that it is Bingham's most endearing portrait."
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Date
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2005~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Marriage of Benoist Troost to Mary Ann (Kennerly) Barkley
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Description
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Footnote about the marriage of "Dr. Benoist Troost [1786-1859], the City's first resident physician" to "Mrs. Mary Ann (Kennerly) Troost" or Mary Troost in the Saint Francis Regis Catholic Church in 1845.
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Date
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1923-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article