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 1848
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 50 - March 29, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 51 - April 5, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 52 - April 12, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 01 - April 19, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 02 - April 26, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 03 - May 3, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 04 - May 10, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 05 - May 17, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 06 - May 24, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 07 - May 31, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 08 - June 7, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 09 - June 14, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 10 - June 21, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 11 - June 28, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 12 - July 5, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 13 - July 12, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 14 - July 19, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 15 - July 26, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 16 - August 2, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 17 - August 9, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 18 - August 16, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 19 - August 23, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 20 - August 30, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 21 - September 6, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 22 - September 13, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 23 - September 20, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 24 - September 27, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 25 - October 4, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 26 - October 11, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 27 - October 18, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 28 - October 25, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 29 - November 1, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 30 - November 8, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 31 - November 15, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 32 - November 22, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 33 - November 29, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 34 - December 6, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 35 - December 13, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 36 - December 20, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 23 number 37 - December 27, 1848, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1847
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 38 - January 6, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 39 - January 13, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 40 - January 20, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 41 - January 27, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 42 - February 3, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 43 - February 10, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 44 - February 17, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 45 - February 24, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 46 - March 3, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 47 - March 10, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 48 - March 17, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 49 - March 24, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 50 - March 31, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 51 - April 6, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 01 - April 21, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 02 - April 28, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 03 - May 5, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 04 - May 12, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 05 - May 19, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 06 - May 26, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 07 - June 2, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 08 - June 9, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 09 - June 16, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 10 - June 23, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 11 - June 30, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 12 - July 7, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 13 - July 14, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 14 - July 21, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 15 - July 28, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 16 - August 4, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 17 - August 11, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 18 - August 18, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 19 - August 25, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 20 - September 1, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 21 - September 8, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 22 - September 15, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 23 - September 22, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 24 - September 30, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 25 - October 6, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 26 - October 13, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 27 - October 20, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 28 - October 27, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 29 - November 3, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 29 - November 3, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 30 - November 10, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 30 - November 10, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 31 - November 17, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 31 - November 17, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 32 - November 24, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 32 - November 24, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 33 - December 1, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 33 - December 1, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 34 - December 8, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 34 - December 8, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 35 - December 15, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 35 - December 15, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 36 - December 22, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 36 - December 22, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 37 - December 29, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 37 - December 29, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers