Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Addison Phillips (1824-1893), born at Paisley, Scotland, was a soldier, congressman from Kansas, author, and, with four associates, founder of the town of Salina, Kansas. He was a colonel in the Union Army and commander of the Union Indian Brigade from January, 1863, until the end of the War. Among the papers is a typed document which has his signature as special agent and counsel for the Cherokees. Senate Bill No. 25...