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 1847
The Morning Star - volume 22 number 52 - April 14, 1847, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1846
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 38 - January 7, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 39 - January 14, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 40 - January 21, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 41 - January 28, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 42 - February 4, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 43 - February 11, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 44 - February 18, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 45 - February 25, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 46 - March 4, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 47 - March 11, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 48 - March 18, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 49 - March 25, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 50 - April 1, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 51 - April 8, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 52 - April 15, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 01 - April 22, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 02 - April 29, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 03 - May 5, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 04 - May 13, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 05 - May 20, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 06 - May 27, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 07 - June 3, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 08 - June 10, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 09 - June 17, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 10 - June 24, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 11 - July 1, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 12 - July 8, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 13 - July 15, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 14 - July 22, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 15 - July 29, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 16 - August 5, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 17 - August 12, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 18 - August 19, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 19 - August 26, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 20 - September 2, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 21 - September 9, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 22 - September 16, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 23 - September 23, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 24 - September 30, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 25 - October 7, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 26 - October 14, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 27 - October 21, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 28 - October 30, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 29 - November 4, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 30 - November 11, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 31 - November 18, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 32 - November 25, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 33 - December 2, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 34 - December 9, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 35 - December 16, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 36 - December 23, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 21 number 37 - December 30, 1846, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1845
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 37 - January 1, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 38 - January 8, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 39 - January 15, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 40 - January 22, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 41 - January 29, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 42 - February 5, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 43 - February 12, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 44 - February 19, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 45 - February 26, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 46 - March 5, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 47 - March 12, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 48 - March 19, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 49 - March 26, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 50 - April 2, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 51 - April 9, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 52 - April 16, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 01 - April 23, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 02 - April 30, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 03 - May 7, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 04 - May 14, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 05 - May 21, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 06 - May 28, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 07 - June 4, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 08 - June 11, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 09 - June 18, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 10 - June 25, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 11 - July 2, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 12 - July 9, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 13 - July 16, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 14 - July 23, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 15 - July 30, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 16 - August 6, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 17 - August 13, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 18 - August 20, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 19 - August 27, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 20 - September 3, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 21 - September 10, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 22 - September 17, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 23 - September 24, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 24 - October 1, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 25 - October 8, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 26 - October 15, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 27 - October 22, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 28 - October 29, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 29 - November 5, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 30 - November 12, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 31 - November 19, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers