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 1850
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 41 - January 23, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 42 - January 30, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 43 - February 6, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 44 - February 13, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 45 - February 20, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 46 - February 27, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 47 - March 6, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 48 - March 13, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 49 - March 20, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 50 - March 27, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 51 - April 3, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 52 - April 10, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
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
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 04 - May 8, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 05 - May 15, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 06 - May 22, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 07 - May 29, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 08 - June 5, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 09 - June 12, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 10 - June 19, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 11 - June 26, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 25 - October 2, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 26 - October 9, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 27 - October 16, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 28 - October 23, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 29 - October 30, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 30 - November 6, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 31 - November 13, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 32 - November 20, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 33 - November 27, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 34 - December 4, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 35 - December 11, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 36 - December 18, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 25 number 37 - December 25, 1850, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1849
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 38 - January 3, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 39 - January 10, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 40 - January 17, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 41 - January 24, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 42 - January 31, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 43 - February 7, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 44 - February 14, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 45 - February 21, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 46 - February 28, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 47 - March 7, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 48 - March 14, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 49 - March 21, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 50 - March 28, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 51 - April 4, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 52 - April 11, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 01 - April 18, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 02 - April 25, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 03 - May 2, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 04 - May 9, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 05 - May 16, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 06 - May 23, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 07 - May 30, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 08 - June 6, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 09 - June 13, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 10 - June 20, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 11 - June 27, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 12 - July 4, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 13 - July 11 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 14 - July 18, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 15 - July 25, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 16 - August 1, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 17 - August 8, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 18 - August 15, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 19 - August 22, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 20 - August 29, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 21 - September 5, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 22 - September 12, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 23 - September 19, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 24 - September 26, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 25 - October 3, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 26 - October 10, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 27 - October 17, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 28 - October 24, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 29 - October 31, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 30 - November 7, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 31 - November 14, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 32 - November 21, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 33 - November 28, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 34 - December 5, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 35 - December 12, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 36 - December 19, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 24 number 37 - December 26, 1849, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1848
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 38 - January 5, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 39 - January 12, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 40 - January 19, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 41 - January 26, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 42 - February 2, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 43 - February 9, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 44 - February 16, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 45 - February 23, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 46 - March 1, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 47 - March 8, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 48 - March 15, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 49 - March 22, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers