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 1856
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 04 - April 30, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 05 - May 7, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 06 - May 14, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 07 - May 21, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 08 - May 28, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 09 - June 4, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 10 - June 11, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 11 - June 18, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 12 - June 25, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 13 - July 2, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 14 - July 9, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 15 - July 16, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 16 - July 23, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 17 - July 30, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 18 - August 6, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 19 - August 13, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 20 - August 20, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 21 - August 27, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 22 - September 3, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 23 - September 10, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 24 - September 17, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 25 - September 23, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 26 - October 1, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 27 - October 8, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 28 - October 15, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 29 - October 22, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 30 - October 29, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 31 - November 5, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 32 - November 12, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 33 - November 19, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 34 - November 26, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 35 - December 3, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 36 - December 10, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 37 - December 17, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 38 - December 24, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 31 number 39 - December 31, 1856, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1855
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 39 - January 3, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 40 - January 10, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 41 - January 17, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 42 - January 24, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 43 - January 31, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 44 - February 7, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 45 - February 14, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 46 - February 21, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 47 - February 28, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 48 - March 7, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 49 - March 14, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 50 - March 21, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 51 - March 28, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 52 - April 4, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 01 - April 11, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 02 - April 18, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 03 - April 25, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 04 - May 2, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 05 - May 9, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 06 - May 16, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 07 - May 23, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 08 - May 30, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 09 - June 6, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 10 - June 13, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 11 - June 20, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 12 - June 27, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 13 - July 4, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 14 - July 11, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 15 - July 18, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 16 - July 25, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 17 - August 1, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 18 - August 8, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 19 - August 15, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 20 - August 22, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 21 - August 29, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 22 - September 5, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 23 - September 12, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 24 - September 19, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 25 - September 26, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 26 - October 3, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 27 - October 10, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 28 - October 17, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 29 - October 24, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 30 - October 31, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 31 - November 7, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 32 - November 14, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 33 - November 21, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 34 - November 28, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 35 - December 5, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 36 - December 12, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 37 - December 19, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 30 number 38 - December 26, 1855, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1854
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 39 - January 4, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 40 - January 11, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 41 - January 18, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 42 - January 25, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 43 - February 1, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 44 - February 8, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 45 - February 15, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 46 - February 22, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 47 - March 1, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 48 - March 8, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 49 - March 15, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 50 - March 22, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers