{"product_id":"1881-camp-meeting","title":"1881 CAMP MEETING. Rare Steamboat Broadside for Travelers to Methodist Camp Meetings in Maine.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA truly exceptional and rare survivor, being a rather nicely preserved 13 x 17 inch broadside for the Steamer Sebenoa, advertising trips to the Methodist Camp Meeting at Dresden, Maine. Camp meetings were held at Dresden on the Hawthorn Farm as early as 1835  and found a more permanent home with the acquisition of land in 1868 by the Kennebec Valley Camp Meeting Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEASTERN STEAMBOAT COMPANY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTO CAMP MEETING!\u003cbr\u003eSunday, Aug. 14, 1881.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE NEW, ELEGANT, AND FAST SAILING\u003cbr\u003eSTEAMER SEBENOA, \u003cbr\u003eCAPT. G. A. LOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill leave Boothbay at 7 a.m.\u003cbr\u003efor Dresden Camp Meeting, landing at Mouse Is., South-\u003cbr\u003eport, Sawyer's Is., Riggsville and Westport. Leave\u003cbr\u003eBath at 9.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRETURNING,\u003cbr\u003eLeave Camp Ground at 3.30, arriving at Boothbay at 7 p.m.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFare for Round Trip:\u003cbr\u003eBoothbay \u0026amp; Southport, 75c. Riggsville \u0026amp; Westport, 50c. \u003cbr\u003eI. LEWIS, Agt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 x 17 inches appx. In very crisp condition, some staining and small closed tears. Neatly tipped at the corners of the top onto a piece of simple archival foam core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51001628196900,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-03-2026SpecsFineBooks-15.jpg?v=1783105510","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1881-camp-meeting","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}