New Book on Declaration of Independence ~ Very Lincolnian

[maharba]

On the subject of the Declaration of Independence, I wonder if Thomas Jefferson would have agreed with Lincoln's policies
and understanding of the Declaration? Lincoln made a claim very odd to me: that the Union existed before the states, and I think Lincoln was claiming that that (Union) was set in motion from the obscure 1774 Articles of Association. What might Jefferson have said about such claims, I wonder?