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Franklin (City of New Hampshire)

a city of New Hampshire, in Merrimack co. It is at the junction of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers, which here unite to form the Merrimack, and is on the Boston and Maine Railroad. The city has excellent water power and has manufactures of paper and pulp, hosiery , knitting machines, woolen goods, lumber, etc. Franklin is the birthplace of Daniel Webster, and contains a public FRANKLIN library and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 6,132; (1920) 6,318.