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 1830
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
Submissions from 1829
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 36 - January 7, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 37 - January 16, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 38 - January 23, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 39 - January 30, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 40 - February 6, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 41 - February 13, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 42 - February 20, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 43 - February 27, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 44 - March 6, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 45 - March 13, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 46 - March 20, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 47 - March 27, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 48 - April 3, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 49 - April 10, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 50 - April 17, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 51 - April 24, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 52 - May 1, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 01 - May 8, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 02 - May 15, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 03 - May 22, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 04 - May 29, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 05 - June 5, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 06 - June 12, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 07 - June 19, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 08 - June 26, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 09 - July 3, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 10 - July 10, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 11 - July 17, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 12 - July 24, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 13 - July 31, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 14 - August 7, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 15 - August 14, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 16 - August 21, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 17 - August 28, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 18 - September 4, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 19 - September 11, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 20 - September 18, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 21 - September 25, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 22 - October 2, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 23 - October 9, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 24 - October 16, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 25 - October 23, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 26 - October 30, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 27 - November 6, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 28 - November 11, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 29 - November 18, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 30 - November 25, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 31 - December 2, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 32 - December 9, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 33 - December 16, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 34 - December 23, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 04 number 35 - December 30, 1829, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1828
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 35 - January 3, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 36 - January 10, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 37 - January 17, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 38 - January 24, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 39 - January 31, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 40 - February 7, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 41 - February 14, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 42 - February 21, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 43 - February 29, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 44 - March 7, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 45 - March 14, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 46 - March 19, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 47 - March 26, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 48 - April 2, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 49 - April 9, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 50 - April 16, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 51 - April 23, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 52 - April 30, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 01 - May 7, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 02 - May 14, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 03 - May 21, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 04 - May 28, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 05 - June 4, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 06 - June 11, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 07 - June 18, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 08 - June 25, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 09 - July 2, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 10 - July 9, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 11 - July 16, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 12 - July 23, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 13 - July 30, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 14 - August 6, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 15 - August 13, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 16 - August 20, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 17 - August 27, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 18 - September 3, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 19 - September 10, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 20 - September 17, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 21 - September 24, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 22 - October 1, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 23 - October 8, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 24 - October 15, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 25 - October 22, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 26 - October 29, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers