Jean-Sully Mounet dit MOUNET-SULLY (1841-1916). L.A.S. "Jean", August 25, 1914, to his wife; 4pages in-8 on Comédie Française letterhead (small cracks in fold). Moving letter to his wife at the start of the war. The theater is closed, but salaries will still be paid. He advises his "poor dear friend" to save money and take refuge in Garrigues (Hérault). "Who knows what the future holds? I see everything in black and my health isn't great. I live in a nightmare, haunted by my memories of 1870, and I envy those who believe in a just and good God and find in this Faith the courage and resignation necessary for life"... He is alone, sees little of his brother (Paul Mounet), has not seen André (his son-in-law, André de Lorde)... Enclosed: - a L.A.S., October 14, 1896, to Gustave Larroumet (3p. in-8), regretting not being able to attend his invitation, being busy with Conservatoire exams, playing Ruy Blas in the morning: "And to think we were supposed to talk about ancient theater and Athens and the great poets"...; - a small photograph; - a large photograph of his brother Paul Mounet in the role of Orestes, with a.s. dispatch, 1889; - a l.a.s. from his daughter Jeanne Sully (1960).