A 31-star American national flag said to have been used in the 1860 campaign of Abraham Lincoln, 1850 – 1858

The hand-sewn double-appliqued cotton muslin stars configured in a "double oval wreath" or "double oval medallion" on a two-piece wool bunting canton; the stripes are machine-sewn wool bunting, the canvas sleeve with brass grommets, stenciled E.P. Foster, Maker, 37 South 3rd St., Philada.

The American Flag Collection of Thomas S. Connelly, Sotheby's, May 23, 2002, sale 7801, lot 116.

With small losses throughout as photographed, especially at the top edge, along hoist edge, and to colored sections throughout, consistent with age and use.
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With a placard stating This flag was unfurled during the first (Presidential) Lincoln campaign, 1860.  It was found in the barn of a farm located on land which later became Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  The 31-star flag originally commemorated California being admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and was official from July 4, 1851 to July 4, 1858.