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 1879
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 17 - April 23, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 18 - April 30, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 19 - May 7, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 20 - May 14, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 21 - May 21, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 22 - May 28, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 23 - June 4, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 24 - June 11, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 25 - June 18, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 26 - June 25, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 27 - July 2, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 28 - July 9, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 29 - July 16, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 30 - July 23, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 31 - July 30, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 32 - August 6, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 33 - August 13, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 34 - August 20, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 35 - August 27, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 36 - September 3, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 37 - September 10, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 38 - September 17, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 39 - September 24, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 40 - October 1, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 41 - October 8, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 42 - October 15, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 43 - October 22, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 44 - October 29, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 45 - November 5, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 46 - November 12, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 47 - November 19, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 48 - November 26, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 49 - December 3, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 50 - December 10, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 51 - December 17, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 52 - December 24, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 54 number 53 - December 31, 1879, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1878
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 01 - January 2, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 02 - January 9, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 03 - January 16, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 04 - January 23, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 05 - January 30, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 06 - February 6, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 07 - February 13, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 08 - February 20, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 09 - February 27, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 10 - March 6, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 11 - March 13, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 12 - March 20, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 13 - March 27, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 14 - April 3, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 15 - April 10, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 16 - April 17, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 17 - April 24, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 18 - May 1, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 19 - May 8, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 20 - May 15, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 21 - May 22, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 22 - May 29, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 23 - June 5, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 24 - June 12, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 25 - June 19, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 26 - June 26, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 27 - July 3, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 28 - July 10, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 29 - July 17, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 30 - July 24, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 31 - July 31, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 32 - August 7, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 33 - August 14, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 34 - August 21, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 35 - August 28, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 36 - September 4, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 37 - September 11, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 38 - September 18, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 39 - September 25, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 40 - October 2, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 41 - October 9, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 42 - October 16, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 43 - October 23, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 44 - October 30, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 45 - November 6, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 46 - November 13, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 47 - November 20, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 48 - November 27, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 49 - December 4, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 50 - December 11, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 51 - December 18, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 53 number 52 - December 25, 1878, Freewill Baptist printers
Submissions from 1877
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 01 - January 3, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 02 - January 10, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 03 - January 17, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 04 - January 24, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 05 - January 31, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 06 - February 7, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 07 - February 14, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 08 - February 21, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 09 - February 28, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 10 - March 7, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers
The Morning Star - volume 52 number 11 - March 14, 1877, Freewill Baptist printers