Sentence:  <WSD>Manchester</WSD> 's unusual interest in telegraphy has often been attributed to the fact that the Rev. J. D. Wickham , headmaster of Burr and Burton Seminary , was a personal friend and correspondent of the inventor , Samuel F. B. Morse . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river