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 1864
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 22 - August 24, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 23 - August 31, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 24 - September 7, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 25 - September 14, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 26 - September 21, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 27 - September 28, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 28 - October 5, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 29 - October 12, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 30 - October 19, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 31 - October 26, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 32 - November 2, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 33 - November 9, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 34 - November 16, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 35 - November 23, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 36 - November 30, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 37 - December 7, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 38 - December 14, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 39 - December 21, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 39 number 40 - December 28, 1864, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1863
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 41 - January 7, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 42 - January 14, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 43 - January 21, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 44 - January 28, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 45 - February 4, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 46 - February 11, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 47 - February 18, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 48 - February 25, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 49 - March 4, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 50 - March 11, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 51 - March 18, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 52 - March 25, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 01 - April 1, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 02 - April 8, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 03 - April 15, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 04 - April 22, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 05 - April 29, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 06 - May 6, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 07 - May 13, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 08 - May 20, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 09 - May 27, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 10 - June 3, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 11 - June 10, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 12 - June 17, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 13 - June 24, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 14 - July 1, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 15 - July 8, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 16 - July 15, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 17 - July 22, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 18 - July 29, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 19 - August 5, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 20 - August 12, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 21 - August 19, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 22 - August 26, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 23 - September 2, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 24 - September 30, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 24 - September 9, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 25 - September 16, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 26 - September 23, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 28 - October 7, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 29 - October 14, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 30 - October 21, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 31 - October 28, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 32 - November 4, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 33 - November 11, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 34 - November 18, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 35 - November 25, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 36 - December 2, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 37 - December 9, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 38 - December 16, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 39 - December 23, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 38 number 40 - December 30, 1863, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1862
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 40 - January 1, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 41 - January 8, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 42 - January 15, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 43 - January 22, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 44 - January 29, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 45 - February 5, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 46 - February 12, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 47 - February 19, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 48 - February 26, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 49 - March 5, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 50 - March 12, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 51 - March 19, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 52 - March 26, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 01 - April 2, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 03 - April 16, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 04 - April 23, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 05 - April 30, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 06 - May 7, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 07 - May 14, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 08 - May 21, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 09 - May 28, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 10 - June 4, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 11 - June 11, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 12 - June 18, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 13 - June 25, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 14 - July 2, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 15 - July 9, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 16 - July 16, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 17 - July 23, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers