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 1845
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 32 - November 26, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 33 - December 3, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 34 - December 10, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 35 - December 17, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 36 - December 24, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 20 number 37 - December 31, 1845, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1844
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 37 - January 3, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 38 - January 10, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 39 - January 17, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 40 - January 24, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 41 - January 31, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 42 - February 7, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 43 - February 14, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 44 - February 21, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 45 - February 28, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 46 - March 6, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 47 - March 13, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 48 - March 20, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 49 - March 27, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 50 - April 3, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 51 - April 10, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 52 - April 17, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 01 - April 24, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 02 - May 1, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 03 - May 8, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 04 - May 15, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 05 - May 22, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 06 - May 29, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 07 - June 5, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 08 - June 12, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 09 - June 19, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 10 - June 26, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 11 - July 3, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 12 - July 10, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 13 - July 17, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 14 - July 24, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 15 - July 31, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 16 - August 7, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 17 - August 14, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 18 - August 21, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 19 - August 28, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 20 - September 4, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 21 - September 11, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 22 - September 18, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 23 - September 25, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 24 - October 2, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 25 - October 10, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 26 - October 16, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 27 - October 23, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 28 - October 30, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 29 - November 6, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 30 - November 13, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 31 - November 20, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 32 - November 27, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 33 - December 4, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 34 - December 11, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 35 - December 18, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 19 number 36 - December 25, 1844, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1843
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 28 - November 1, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 29 - November 8, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 30 - November 15, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 31 - November 22, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 32 - November 29, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 33 - December 6, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 34 - December 13, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 35 - December 20, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 36 - December 27, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers