The Morning Star was a weekly newspaper published by the Freewell Baptists of northern New England, beginning in 1826 and publishing continuously until 1911. Although most of the content in each issue was of religious nature (including sermons, Bible passages, and general religious instruction) or news items of general interest to the denomination, by 1834 the paper became increasingly devoted to delivering anti-slavery messages. Abolitionist content increased under the editorship of William Burr in the 1830s, and continued when the Rev. Oren B. Cheney, the future founder of Bates College, became editor in 1853.
The paper began publishing in Limerick, Maine, but moved to Dover, New Hampshire in 1833. Over its lifetime, the paper was also published in Portland, Maine, as well as in New York, Boston, and Chicago. Publishers also frequently changed, and that information can usually be found on the first page of each individual issue. (But is captured in the metadata here as only the generic wording of "Freewill Baptist printers.")
[A note on searching: The entire collection is text-searchable; however, due to the variety of text sizes and fonts, and the varying quality of the microfilm used for digitization, broad-scale text searching should also be accompanied with individual issue searches for best results.]
Submissions from 1868
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 31 - October 21, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 32 - October 28, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 33 - November 4, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 34 - November 11, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 35 - November 18, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 36 - November 25, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 37 - December 2, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 38 - December 9, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 39 - December 16, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 40 - December 23, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 43 number 41 - December 30, 1868, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1867
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 41 - January 2, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 42 - January 9, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 43 - January 16, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 44 - January 23, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 45 - January 30, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 46 - February 6, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 47 - February 13, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 48 - February 20, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 49 - February 27, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 50 - March 6, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 51 - March 13, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 52 - March 20, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 01 - March 27, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 02 - April 3, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 03 - April 10, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 04 - April 17, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 05 - April 24, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 06 - May 1, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 07 - May 8, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 08 - May 15, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 09 - May 22, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 10 - May 29, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 11 - June 5, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 12 - June 12, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 13 - June 19, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 14 - June 26, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 15 - July 3, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 16 - July 10, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 17 - July 17, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 18 - July 24, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 19 - July 31, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 20 - August 7, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 21 - August 14, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 22 - August 21, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 23 - August 28, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 24 - September 4, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 25 - September 11, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 26 - September 18, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 27 - September 25, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 28 - October 2, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 29 - October 9, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 30 - October 16, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 31 - October 23, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 32 - October 30, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 33 - November 6, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 34 - November 13, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 35 - November 20, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 36 - November 27, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 37 - December 4, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 38 - December 11, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 39 - December 18, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 42 number 40 - December 25, 1867, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1866
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 41 - January 3, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 42 - January 10, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 43 - January 17, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 44 - January 24, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 45 - January 31, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 46 - February 7, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 47 - February 14, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 48 - February 21, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 49 - February 28, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 50 - March 7, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 51 - March 14, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 52 - March 21, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 01 - March 28, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 02 - April 4, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 03 - April 11, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 04 - April 18, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 05 - April 25, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 06 - May 2, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 07 - May 9, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 08 - May 16, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 09 - May 23, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 10 - May 30, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 11 - June 6, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 12 - June 13, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 13 - June 20, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 14 - June 27, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 15 - July 4, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 16 - July 11, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 17 - July 18, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 18 - July 25, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 19 - August 1, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 20 - August 8, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 21 - August 15, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 22 - August 22, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 23 - August 29, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 24 - September 5, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 25 - September 12, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers