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 1832
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 27 - November 2, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 28 - November 9, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 29 - November 16, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 30 - November 23, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 31 - November 30, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 32 - December 7, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 33 - December 14, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 34 - December 21, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 07 number 35 - December 28, 1832, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1831
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 36 - January 5, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 37 - January 12, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 38 - January 19, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 39 - January 26, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 40 - February 2, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 41 - February 9, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 42 - February 16, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 43 - February 23, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 44 - March 2, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 45 - March 9, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 46 - March 16, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 47 - March 23, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 48 - March 30, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 49 - April 6, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 50 - April 13, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 51 - April 20, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 52 - April 27, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 01 - May 4, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 02 - May 11, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 03 - May 18, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 04 - May 25, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 05 - June 1, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 06 - June 8, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 07 - June 17, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 08 - June 24, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 09 - July 1, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 10 - July 8, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 11 - July 15, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 12 - July 22, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 13 - July 29, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 14 - August 5, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 15 - August 12, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 16 - August 19, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 17 - August 26, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 18 - September 2, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 19 - September 9, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 20 - September 16, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 21 - September 23, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 22 - September 30, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 23 - October 7, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 24 - October 14, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 25 - October 21, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 26 - October 28, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 27 - November 4, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 28 - November 11, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 29 - November 18, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 30 - November 25, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 31 - December 2, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 32 - December 9, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 33 - December 16, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 34 - December 23, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 06 number 35 - December 30, 1831, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1830
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 01 - May 5, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 02 - May 12, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 03 - May 19, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 04 - May 26, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 05 - June 3, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 06 - June 9, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 07 - June 16, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 08 - June 23, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 09 - June 30, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 10 - July 7, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 11 - July 14, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 12 - July 21, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 13 - July 28, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 14 - August 4, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 15 - August 11, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 16 - August 18, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 17 - August 25, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 18 - September 1, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 19 - September 8, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 20 - September 15, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 21 - September 22, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 22 - September 30, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 23 - October 6, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 24 - October 13, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 25 - October 20, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 26 - October 27, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 27 - November 3, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 28 - November 10, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 29 - November 17, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 30 - November 24, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 31 - December 1, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 32 - December 8, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 33 - December 15, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 34 - December 22, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 05 number 35 - December 29, 1830, Freewill Baptist printers