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 1866
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 26 - September 19, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 27 - September 26, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 28 - October 3, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 29 - October 10, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 30 - October 17, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 31 - October 24, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 32 - October 31, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 33 - November 7, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 34 - November 14, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 35 - November 21, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 36 - November 28, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 37 - December 5, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 38 - December 12, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 39 - December 19, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 41 number 40 - December 26, 1866, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1865
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 41 - January 4, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 42 - January 11, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 43 - January 18, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 44 - January 25, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 45 - February 1, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 46 - February 8, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 47 - February 15, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 48 - February 22, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 49 - March 1, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 50 - March 8, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 51 - March 15, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 52 - March 22, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 01 - March 29, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 02 - April 5, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 03 - April 12, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 04 - April 19, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 05 - April 26, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 06 - May 3, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 07 - May 10, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 08 - May 17, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 09 - May 24, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 10 - May 31, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 11 - June 7, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 12 - June 14, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 13 - June 21, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 14 - June 28, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 15 - July 5, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 16 - July 12, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 17 - July 19, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 18 - July 26, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 19 - August 2, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 20 - August 9, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 21 - August 16, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 22 - August 23, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 23 - August 30, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 24 - September 6, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 25 - September 13, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 26 - September 20, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 27 - September 27, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 28 - October 4, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 29 - October 11, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 30 - October 18, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 31 - October 25, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 32 - November 1, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 33 - November 8, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 34 - November 15, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 35 - November 22, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 36 - November 29, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 37 - December 6, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 38 - December 13, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 39 - December 20, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 40 number 40 - December 27, 1865, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1864
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 41 - January 6, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 42 - January 13, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 43 - January 20, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 44 - January 27, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 45 - February 3, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 46 - February 10, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 47 - February 17, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 48 - February 24, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 49 - March 2, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 50 - March 9, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 51 - March 16, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 52 - March 23, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 01 - March 30, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 02 - April 6, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 03 - April 13, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 04 - April 20, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 05 - April 27, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 06 - May 4, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 07 - May 11, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 08 - May 18, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 09 - May 25, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 10 - June 1, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 11 - June 8, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 12 - June 15, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 13 - June 22, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 14 - June 29, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 15 - July 6, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 16 - July 13, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 17 - July 20, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 18 - July 27, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 19 - August 3, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 20 - August 10, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 21 - August 17, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers