Morning Star

Name/Title

Morning Star

Entry/Object ID

LIB1766

Description

February 10, 1841, edition of the Morning Star, an abolitionist newspaper published by the Freewill Baptist Connection in Dover, N.H.; letters from readers and articles on a variety of subjects including abolishing slavery, advocating for the temperance movement, religious admonitions and instructions. Two reproduction copies of the newspaper for reference (labeled LIB1766-copy). Stored in SR2/FF2/D6/F8. The first page of one reproduction copy is framed and hanging on the north wall of the Museum (as of 3/6/2025). Images in pdf, jpg and tif. Physical Description: 4 pages, 16 7/8" x 22 3/4" Handwritten at top, left of center, on front page is N Brackett. (Brackett was founder and president of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.)

Acquisition

Accession

317

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Black History Perservation Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

NB: No deeds of gift on file for items donated before 2011.

Publication Details

Publisher

Trustees of Freewill Baptist Connection

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Dover, NH

Publication Language

English

Notes

Date: 1841 February 10