SULLY, THOMAS, Portrait painter. Autograph letter signed to Mr. Burk, n.p., 22 March 1833, noting that the portrait of Miss F. ("Fanny") Kemble (the actress) is complete -- SULLY. Autograph letter signed to Benson J. Lossing (author, historian), Philadelphia, 1 July 1861, regarding his famous sitters, noting "I should briefly say of the late [Stephen] Decatur, that he demeaned himself as a perfect gentleman. His form was perfect. I painted him for the city of New York 12 of July 1814." -- SULLY. Three autograph letters signed to S. Rodney, Philadelphia, 27 December 1815, 12 January 1816, and 22 January 1816, on the vicissitudes of the completion and transport of his portrait of Thomas MacDonough. Sully first writes that "owing to the present high price of gold-leaf the frame maker has been obliged to raise also the price of his frames. We judged it best to exceed the sum you alloted by three dollars, as the difference enabled him to get up a suitable frame..." He later promises that "by the Down life of Stages you will receive the Portrait...I have directed it to be left at the State House" and notes that eight dollars is still owed. The series ends with the note that, "the case [containing the portrait] is returned to me as being too large to be conveyed by the Stage -- I will therefore keep it safe until further words from you." Together five items. All 1 page, 4to.. (5)