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 1841
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 23 - September 29, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 24 - October 6, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 25 - October 13, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 26 - October 20, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 27 - October 27, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 28 - November 3, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 29 - November 10, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 30 - November 17, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 31 - November 24, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 32 - December 1, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 33 - December 8, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 34 - December 15, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 35 - December 22, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 16 number 36 - December 29, 1841, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1840
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 36 - January 1, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 37 - January 8, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 38 - January 15, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 39 - January 22, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 40 - January 29, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 41 - February 5, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 42 - February 12, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 43 - February 19, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 44 - February 26, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 45 - March 4, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 46 - March 11, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 47 - March 18, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 48 - March 25, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 49 - April 1, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 50 - April 8, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 51 - April 15, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 52 - April 22, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 01 - April 29, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 02 - May 6, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 03 - May 13, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 04 - May 20, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 05 - May 27, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 06 - June 3, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 07 - June 10, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 08 - June 17, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 09 - June 24, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 10 - July 1, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 11 - July 8, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 12 - July 15, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 13 - July 22, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 14 - July 29, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 15 - August 5, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 16 - August 12, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 17 - August 19, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 18 - August 26, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 19 - September 2, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 20 - September 9, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 21 - September 16, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 22 - September 23, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 23 - September 30, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 24 - October 7, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 25 - October 14, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 26 - October 21, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 27 - October 28, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 28 - November 4, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 29 - November 11, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 30 - November 18, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 31 - November 25, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 32 - December 2, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 33 - December 9, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 34 - December 16, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 35 - December 23, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 15 number 36 - December 30, 1840, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1839
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 36 - January 2, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 37 - January 9, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 38 - January 16, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 39 - January 23, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 40 - January 30, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 41 - February 6, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 42 - February 13, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 43 - February 20, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 44 - February 27, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 45 - March 6, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 46 - March 13, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 47 - March 20, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 48 - March 27, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 49 - April 3, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 50 - April 10, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 51 - April 17, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 52 - April 24, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 01 - May 1, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 02 - May 8, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 03 - May 15, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 04 - May 22, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 05 - May 29, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 06 - June 5, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 07 - June 12, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 08 - June 19, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 09 - June 26, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 10 - July 3, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 11 - July 10, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 12 - July 17, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 13 - July 24, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 14 - July 31, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 15 - August 7, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 16 - August 14, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers