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 1860
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 13 - June 27, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 14 - July 4, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 15 - July 11, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 16 - July 18, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 17 - July 25, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 18 - August 1, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 19 - August 8, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 20 - August 15, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 21 - August 22, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 22 - August 29, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 23 - September 5, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 24 - September 12, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 25 - September 19, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 26 - September 26, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 27 - October 3, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 28 - October 10, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 29 - October 17, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 30 - October 24, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 31 - October 31, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 32 - November 7, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 33 - November 14, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 34 - November 21, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 35 - November 28, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 36 - December 5, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 37 - December 12, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 38 - December 19, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 35 number 39 - December 26, 1860, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1859
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 40 - January 5, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 41 - January 12, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 42 - January 19, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 43 - January 26, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 44 - February 2, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 45 - February 9, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 46 - February 16, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 47 - February 23, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 48 - March 2, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 49 - March 9, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 50 - March 16, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 51 - March 23, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 52 - March 30, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 01 - April 6, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 02 - April 12, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 03 - April 20, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 04 - April 27, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 05 - May 4, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 06 - May 11, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 07 - May 18, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 08 - May 25, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 09 - June 1, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 10 - June 8, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 11 - June 15, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 12 - June 22, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 13 - June 29, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 14 - July 6, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 15 - July 13, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 16 - July 20, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 17 - July 27, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 18 - August 3, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 19 - August 10, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 20 - August 17, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 21 - August 24, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 22 - August 31, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 23 - September 7, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 24 - September 14, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 25 - September 21, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 26 - September 28, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 27 - October 5, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 28 - October 12, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 29 - October 19, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 30 - October 26, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 31 - November 2, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 32 - November 9, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 33 - November 16, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 34 - November 23, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 35 - November 30, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 36 - December 7, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 37 - December 14, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 38 - December 21, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 34 number 39 - December 28, 1859, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1858
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 40 - January 6, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 41 - January 13, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 42 - January 20, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 43 - January 27, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 44 - February 3, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 45 - February 10, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 46 - February 17, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 47 - February 24, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 48 - March 3, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 49 - March 10, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 50 - March 17, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 51 - March 24, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 52 - March 31, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 01 - April 7, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 02 - April 14, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 03 - April 21, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 04 - April 28, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 05 - May 5, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 06 - May 12, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 07 - May 19, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 08 - May 26, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers