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 1839
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 17 - August 21, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 18 - August 28, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 19 - September 4, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 20 - September 11, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 21 - September 18, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 22 - September 25, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 23 - October 2, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 24 - October 9, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 25 - October 16, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 26 - October 23, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 27 - October 30, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 28 - November 6, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 29 - November 13, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 30 - November 20, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 31 - November 27, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 32 - December 4, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 33 - December 11, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 34 - December 18, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 14 number 35 - December 25, 1839, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1838
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 36 - January 3, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 37 - January 10, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 38 - January 17, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 39 - January 24, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 40 - January 31, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 41 - February 7, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 42 - February 14, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 43 - February 21, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 44 - February 28, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 45 - March 7, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 46 - March 14, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 47 - March 21, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 48 - March 28, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 49 - April 4, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 50 - April 11, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 51 - April 18, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 52 - April 25, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 01 - May 2, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 02 - May 9, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 03 - May 16, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 04 - May 23, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 05 - May 30, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 06 - June 6, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 07 - June 13, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 08 - June 20, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 09 - June 27, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 10 - July 4, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 11 - July 11, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 12 - July 18, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 13 - July 25, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 14 - August 1, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 15 - August 8, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 16 - August 15, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 17 - August 22, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 18 - August 29, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 19 - September 5, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 20 - September 12, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 21 - September 19, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 22 - September 26, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 23 - October 3, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 24 - October 10, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 25 - October 17, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 26 - October 24, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 27 - October 31, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 28 - November 7, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 29 - November 14, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 30 - November 21, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 31 - November 28, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 32 - December 5, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 33 - December 12, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 34 - December 19, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 13 number 35 - December 26, 1838, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1837
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 36 - January 4, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 37 - January 11, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 38 - January 18, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 39 - January 25, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 40 - February 1, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 41 - February 8, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 42 - February 15, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 43 - February 22, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 44 - March 1, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 45 - March 8, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 46 - March 15, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 47 - March 22, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 48 - March 29, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 49 - April 5, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 50 - April 12, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 51 - April 19, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 11 number 52 - April 26, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 01 - May 3, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 02 - May 10, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 03 - May 17, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 04 - May 24, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 05 - May 31, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 06 - June 7, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 07 - June 14, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 08 - June 21, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 09 - June 28, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 10 - July 5, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 11 - July 12, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 12 number 12 - July 19, 1837, Freewill Baptist printers