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 1854
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 51 - March 29, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 52 - April 5, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 01 - April 12, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 02 - April 19, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 03 - April 26, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 04 - May 3, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 05 - May 10, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 06 - May 17, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 07 - May 24, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 08 - May 31, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 09 - June 7, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 10 - June 14, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 11 - June 21, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 12 - June 28, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 13 - July 5, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 14 - July 12, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 15 - July 19, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 16 - July 26, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 17 - August 2, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 18 - August 9, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 19 - August 16, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 20 - August 23, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 21 - August 30, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 22 - September 6, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 23 - September 13, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 24 - September 20, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 25 - September 27, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 26 - October 4, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 27 - October 11, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 28 - October 18, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 29 - October 25, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 30 - November 1, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 31 - November 8, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 32 - November 15, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 33 - November 22, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 34 - November 29, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 35 - December 6, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 36 - December 13, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 37 - December 20, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 29 number 38 - December 27, 1854, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1853
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 39 - January 5, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 40 - January 12, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 41 - January 19, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 42 - January 26, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 43 - February 2, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 44 - February 9, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 45 - February 18, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 46 - February 25, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 47 - March 2, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 48 - March 9, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 49 - March 16, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 50 - March 23, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 51 - March 30, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 52 - April 6, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 01 - April 13, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 02 - April 20, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 03 - April 27, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 04 - May 4, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 05 - May 11, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 06 - May 18, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 07 - May 25, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 08 - June 1, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 09 - June 8, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 10 - June 15, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 11 - June 22, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 12 - June 29, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 13 - July 6, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 14 - July 13, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 15 - July 20, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 16 - July 27, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 17 - August 3, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 18 - August 10, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 19 - August 17, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 20 - August 24, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 21 - August 31, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 22 - September 7, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 23 - September 14, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 24 - September 21, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 25 - September 28, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 26 - October 5, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 27 - October 12, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 28 - October 19, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 29 - October 26, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 30 - November 2, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 31 - November 9, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 32 - November 16, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 33 - November 23, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 34 - November 30, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 35 - December 7, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 36 - December 14, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 37 - December 21, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 28 number 38 - December 28, 1853, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1852
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 39 - January 7, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 40 - January 14, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 41 - January 21, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 42 - January 28, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 43 - February 4, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 44 - February 11, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 45 - February 18, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 46 - February 25, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers