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 1862
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 18 - July 30, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 19 - August 6, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 20 - August 13, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 21 - August 20, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 22 - August 27, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 23 - September 3, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 24 - September 10, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 25 - September 17, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 26 - September 24, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 27 - October 1, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 28 - October 8, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 29 - October 15, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 30 - October 22, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 31 - October 29, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 32 - November 5, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 33 - November 12, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 34 - November 19, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 35 - November 26, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 36 - December 3, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 37 - December 10, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 38 - December 17, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 39 - December 24, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 37 number 40 - December 31, 1862, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1861
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 40 - January 2, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 41 - January 9, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 42 - January 16, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 43 - January 23, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 44 - January 30, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 45 - February 6, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 46 - February 13, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 47 - February 20, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 48 - February 27, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 49 - March 6, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 50 - March 13, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 51 - March 20, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 52 - March 27, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 01 - April 3, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 02 - April 10, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 03 - April 17, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 04 - April 24, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 05 - May 1, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 06 - May 8, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 07 - May 15, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 08 - May 22, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 09 - May 29, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 10 - June 5, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 11 - June 12, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 12 - June 19, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 13 - June 26, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 14 - July 3, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 15 - July 10, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 16 - July 17, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 17 - July 24, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 18 - July 31, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 19 - August 7, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 20 - August 14, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 21 - August 21, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 22 - August 28, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 23 - September 4, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 24 - September 11, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 25 - September 18, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 26 - September 25, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 27 - October 2, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 28 - October 9, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 29 - October 16, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 30 - October 23, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 31 - October 30, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 32 - November 6, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 33 - November 13, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 34 - November 20, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 35 - November 27, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 36 - December 4, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 37 - December 11, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 38 - December 18, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 36 number 39 - December 25, 1861, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1860
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 40 - January 4, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 41 - January 11, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 42 - January 18, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 43 - January 25, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 44 - February 1, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 45 - February 8, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 46 - February 15, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 47 - February 22, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 48 - February 29, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 49 - March 7, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 50 - March 14, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 51 - March 21, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 52 - March 28, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 01 - April 4, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 02 - April 11, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 03 - April 18, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 04 - April 25, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 05 - May 2, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 06 - May 9, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 07 - May 16, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 08 - May 23, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 09 - May 30, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 10 - June 6, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 11 - June 13, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 12 - June 20, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers