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 1858
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 09 - June 2, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 10 - June 9, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 11 - June 16, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 12 - June 23, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 13 - June 30, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 14 - July 7, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 15 - July 14, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 16 - July 21, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 17 - July 28, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 18 - August 4, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 19 - August 11, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 20 - August 18, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 21 - August 25, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 22 - September 1, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 23 - September 8, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 24 - September 15, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 25 - September 22, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 26 - September 29, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 27 - October 6, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 28 - October 13, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 29 - October 20, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 30 - October 27, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 31 - November 3, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 32 - November 10, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 33 - November 17, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 34 - November 24, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 35 - December 1, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 36 - December 8, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 37 - December 15, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 38 - December 22, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 33 number 39 - December 29, 1858, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1857
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 40 - January 7, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 41 - January 14, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 42 - January 21, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 43 - January 28, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 44 - February 4, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 45 - February 11, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 46 - February 18, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 47 - February 25, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 48 - March 4, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 49 - March 11, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 50 - March 18, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 51 - March 25, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 52 - April 1, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 01 - April 8, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 02 - April 15, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 03 - April 22, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 04 - April 29, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 05 - May 6, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 06 - May 13, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 07 - May 20, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 08 - May 27, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 09 - June 3, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 10 - June 10, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 11 - June 17, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 12 - June 24, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 13 - July 1, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 14 - July 8, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 15 - July 15, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 16 - July 22, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 17 - July 29, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 18 - August 5, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 19 - August 12, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 20 - August 19, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 21 - August 26, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 22 - September 2, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 23 - September 9, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 24 - September 16, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 25 - September 23, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 26 - September 30, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 27 - October 7, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 28 - October 14, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 29 - October 21, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 30 - October 28, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 31 - November 4, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 32 - November 11, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 33 - November 18, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 34 - November 25, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 35 - December 2, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 36 - December 9, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 37 - December 16, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 38 - December 23, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 32 number 39 - December 30, 1857, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1856
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 39 - January 2, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 40 - January 9, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 41 - January 16, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 42 - January 23, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 43 - January 30, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 44 - February 6, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 45 - February 13, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 46 - February 20, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 47 - February 27, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 48 - March 5, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 49 - March 12, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 50 - March 19, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 51 - March 26, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 52 - April 2, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 01 - April 9, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 02 - April 16, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 03 - April 23, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers