Archibald MacMechan

Halifax Disaster Record Office Materials

… it is only fair and just that the present commission should carry out enterprises which were stated with the best of intentions before the Commission was appointed". I need not remind you how confused and indefinite everything was shortly after the disaster and how difficult it is at this later date to establish the chain of connection or authority".

Reference: Archibald MacMechan Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 2124 number 348