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 1852
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 47 - March 3, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 48 - March 10, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 49 - March 17, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 50 - March 24, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 51 - March 31, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 52 - April 7, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 01 - April 14, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 02 - April 21, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 03 - April 28, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 04 - May 5, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 05 - May 12, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 06 - May 19, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 07 - May 26, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 08 - June 2, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 09 - June 9, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 10 - June 16, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 11 - June 23, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 12 - June 30, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 13 - July 7, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 14 - July 14, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 15 - July 21, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 16 - July 28, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 17 - August 4, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 18 - August 11, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 19 - August 18, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 20 - August 25, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 21 - September 1, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 22 - September 8, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 23 - September 15, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 24 - September 22, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 25 - September 29, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 26 - October 6, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 27 - October 13, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 28 - October 20, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 29 - October 27, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 30 - November 3, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 31 - November 10, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 32 - November 17, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 33 - November 24, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 34 - December 1, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 35 - December 8, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 36 - December 15, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 37 - December 22, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 27 number 38 - December 29, 1852, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1851
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 38 - January 1, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 39 - January 8, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 40 - January 15, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 41 - January 22, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 41 - January 29, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 43 - February 5, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 44 - February 12, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 45 - February 19, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 46 - February 26, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 47 - March 5, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 48 - March 12, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 49 - March 19, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 50 - March 26, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 51 - April 2, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 52 - April 9, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 01 - April 16, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 02 - April 23, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 03 - April 30, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 04 - May 7, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 05 - May 14, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 06 - May 21, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 07 - May 28, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 08 - June 4, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 09 - June 11, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 10 - June 18, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 11 - June 25, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 12 - July 2, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 13 - July 9, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 14 - July 16, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 15 - July 23, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 16 - July 30, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 17 - August 6, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 18 - August 13, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 19 - August 20, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 20 - August 27, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 21 - September 3, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 22 - September 10, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 23 - September 17, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 24 - September 24, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 25 - October 1, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 26 - October 8, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 27 - October 15, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 28 - October 22, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 29 - October 29, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 30 - November 6, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 31 - November 12, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 32 - November 19, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 33 - November 26, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 34 - December 3, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 35 - December 10, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 36 - December 17, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 37 - December 24, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 26 number 38 - December 31, 1851, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1850
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 01 - April 17, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 02 - April 24, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 03 - May 1, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers