William Lawrence Merry (December 27, 1835 in New York
[MERRY, William Lawrence]
in '' Who's Who in America'' (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org– December 14, 1911) was an American
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
to
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
,
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
, and
Nicaragua.
Merry was the first U.S. Minister to be resident in
San Jose.
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1835 births
1911 deaths
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica
Ambassadors of the United States to Nicaragua
Ambassadors of the United States to El Salvador
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