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 1843
The Morning Star - volume 18 number 27 - October 25, 1843, Freewill Baptist printers
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
Submissions from 1842
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 37 - January 5, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 38 - January 12, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 39 - January 19, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 40 - January 26, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 41 - February 2, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 42 - February 9, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 43 - February 16, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 44 - February 23, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 45 - March 2, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 46 - March 9, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 47 - March 16, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 48 - March 23, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 49 - March 30, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 50 - April 6, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 51 - April 13, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 52 - April 20, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 01 - April 27, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 02 - May 4, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 03 - May 11, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 04 - May 18, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 05 - May 25, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 06 - June 1, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 07 - June 8, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 08 - June 15, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 09 - June 22, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 10 - June 29, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 11 - July 6, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 12 - July 13, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 13 - July 20, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 14 - July 27, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 15 - August 3, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 16 - August 10, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 17 - August 17, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 18 - August 24, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 19 - August 31, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 20 - September 7, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 21 - September 14, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 22 - September 21, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 23 - September 28, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 24 - October 5, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 25 - October 12, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 26 - October 19, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 27 - October 26, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 28 - November 2, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 29 - November 9, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 30 - November 16, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 31 - November 23, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 32 - November 30, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 33 - December 7, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 34 - December 14, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 35 - December 21, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 17 number 36 - December 28, 1842, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1841
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 37 - January 6, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 38 - January 13, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 39 - January 20, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 40 - January 27, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 41 - February 3, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 42 - February 10, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 43 - February 17, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 44 - February 24, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 45 - March 3, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 46 - March 10, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 47 - March 17, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 48 - March 24, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 49 - March 31, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 50 - April 7, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 51 - April 14, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 52 - April 21, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 01 - April 28, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 02 - May 5, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 03 - May 12, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 04 - May 19, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 05 - May 26, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 06 - June 2, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 07 - June 9, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 08 - June 16, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 09 - June 23, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 10 - June 30, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 11 - July 7, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 12 - July 14, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 13 - July 21, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 14 - July 28, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 15 - August 4, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 16 - August 11, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 17 - August 18, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 18 - August 25, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 19 - September 1, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 20 - September 8, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 21 - September 15, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 22 - September 28, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers