Category: The Stratford Jubilee

Animal quotes Ben Franklin Deborah Read Franklin Francis Gentleman (aka Sir Humphrey Lunatic) Historical quotes Mungo the squirrel Poetry Proverbial Sayings September 26 Skugg snug as a bug in a rug The Stratford Jubilee

The backstory on “Snug as a bug in a rug.” (Spoiler Alert: Ben Franklin didn’t actually coin it.)

9 years ago
Robert Deis

In 1771, Ben Franklin’s common-law wife, Deborah Read Franklin shipped a live gift to young Georgiana Shipley, the daughter of British friends in London. It was an American gray squirrel…