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 1828
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 27 - November 5, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 28 - November 12, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 29 - November 19, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 30 - November 26, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 31 - December 3, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 32 - December 10, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 33 - December 17, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 34 - December 24, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 03 number 35 - December 31, 1828, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1827
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 35 - January 4, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 36 - January 11, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 37 - January 18, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 38 - January 25, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 39 - February 1, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 40 - February 8, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 41 - February 15, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 42 - February 22, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 43 - March 1, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 44 - March 8, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 45 - March 15, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 46 - March 22, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 47 - March 29, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 48 - April 5, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 49 - April 12, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 50 - April 19, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 51 - April 26, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 52 - May 3, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 01 - May 10, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 02 - May 17, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 03 - May 24, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 04 - May 31, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 05 - June 7, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 06 - June 14, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 07 - June 21, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 08 - June 28, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 09 - July 5, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 10 - July 12, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 11 - July 19, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 12 - July 26, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 13 - August 2, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 14 - August 9, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 15 - August 16, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 16 - August 23, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 17 - August 30, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 18 - September 6, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 19 - September 13, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 20 - September 20, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 21 - September 27, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 22 - October 4, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 23 - October 11, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 24 - October 18, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 25 - October 25, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 26 - November 1, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 27 - November 8, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 28 - November 15, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 29 - November 22, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 30 - November 29, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 31 - December 6, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 32 - December 13, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 33 - December 20, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 02 number 34 - December 27, 1827, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1826
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 01 - May 11, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 02 - May 18, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 03 - May 25, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 04 - June 1, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 05 - June 8, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 06 - June 15, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 07 - June 22, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 08 - June 29, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 09 - July 6, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 10 - July 13, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 11 - July 20, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 12 - July 27, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 13 - August 3, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 14 - August 10, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 15 - August 17, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 16 - August 24, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 17 - August 31, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 18 - September 7, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 19 - September 14, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 20 - September 21, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 21 - September 28, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 22 - October 12, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 23 - October 19, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 24 - October 26, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 25 - October 28, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 26 - November 2, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 27 - November 9, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 28 - November 16, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 29 - November 23, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 30 - November 30, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 31 - December 7, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 32 - December 14, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 33 - December 21, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 01 number 34 - December 28, 1826, Freewill Baptist printers