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 1835
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 44 - March 4, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 45 - March 11, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 46 - March 18, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 47 - March 25, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 48 - April 1, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 49 - April 8, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 50 - April 15, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 51 - April 22, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 52 - April 29, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 01 - May 6, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 02 - May 13, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 03 - May 20, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 04 - May 27, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 05 - June 3, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 06 - June 10, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 07 - June 17, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 08 - June 24, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 09 - July 1, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 10 - July 8, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 11 - July 15, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 12 - July 22, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 13 - July 29, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 14 - August 5, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 15 - August 12, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 16 - August 19, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 17 - August 26, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 18 - September 2, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 19 - September 9, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 20 - September 16, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 21 - September 23, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 22 - September 30, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 23 - October 7, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 24 - October 14, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 25 - October 21, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 26 - October 28, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 27 - November 4, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 27 - November 4, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 28 - November 11, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 28 - November 11, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 29 - November 18, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 29 - November 18, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 30 - November 25, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 30 - November 25, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 31 - December 2, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 31 - December 2, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 32 - December 9, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 32 - December 9, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 33 - December 16, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 33 - December 16, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 34 - December 23, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 34 - December 23, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 35 - December 30, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 10 number 35 - December 30, 1835, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1834
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 35 - January 2, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 36 - January 9, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 37 - January 16, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 38 - January 23, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 39 - January 30, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 40 - February 6, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 41 - February 13, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 42 - February 20, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 43 - February 27, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 44 - March 6, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 45 - March 13, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 46 - March 20, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 47 - March 27, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 48 - April 3, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 49 - April 10, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 50 - April 17, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 51 - April 24, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 08 number 52 - May 1, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 01 - May 7, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 02 - May 14, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 03 - May 21, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 04 - May 28, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 05 - June 4, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 06 - June 11, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 07 - June 18, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 08 - June 25, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 09 - July 2, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 10 - July 9, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 11 - July 16, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 12 - July 23, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 13 - July 30, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 14 - August 6, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 15 - August 13, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 16 - August 20, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 17 - August 27, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 18 - September 3, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 19 - September 10, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 20 - September 17, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 21 - September 24, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 22 - October 1, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 23 - October 8, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 24 - October 15, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 25 - October 22, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 26 - October 29, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 27 - November 5, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 28 - November 12, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 09 number 29 - November 19, 1834, Freewill Baptist printers