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Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray offers a critique of the approach to the study of Georgian history and genealogy and the difficulties of trying to impose a notion of primogeniture. He writes about possibly holidaying with Allen and in a postscript tells of his bout of Asiatic flu. Dated: 6 February 1958.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which he writes again of the difficulties in translating the Castelli manuscript. He thanks Allen for his book on Turkish power in the Sixteenth Century. There is a postscript from Natalie Margaret Imeretinsky concerning a recent death. Dated: 5 November 1963.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which he hopes that the [Marquart] has arrived safely and asks for help in the work he is undertaking. In a postscript Gray gives examples of some of the difficulties he faces in the current scholarship. Dated: 5 April 1958.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray puts a number of questions to Allen regarding the genealogy of various Georgian dynasties which Allen had studied extensively in his books. Gray asks about the lineage in reference to other scholars' genealogical division of this period of Georgian history. Gray had also attached a genealogical tree he had drawn up based on information included in Allen's work inquiring about its accuracy. This includes specific references to various pages in Allen's books on the genealogy and history of Georgian royalty. Dated: 4 November 1957.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which he comments on his bewilderment with Georgia and writes of his concerns. Gray offers updates on the committee being formed to standardize Georgian genealogy and reintroduces the idea that Allen be a member. Dated: 29 March 1958.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray updates Allen on his slow progress with the Castelli project. He asks if Allen could provide the negative and positives of images belonging to Allen so he could make copies for his own use. Dated: 28 July 1959.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which he writes of a change in the Presidency of the Conseil-Bagration from Natasha's uncle to her father. Gray writes that he is pleased to find Allen's Georgian history is republished and wonders whether the volumes on Russian Embassies that Allen promised have been published. Dated: 26 May 1972.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray thanks Allen for sending details of Karst's works. Gray discusses difficulties he is facing with translating the Castelli manuscript and some observations on the text. Gray also writes of the suspension of Hurley, the horse trainer. Dated: 26 February 1960.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which he updates Allen on the work of the committee and offers a critique of Toumanoff's conceptual view of feudalism. He notes that he has been made a member of the Societé Asiatique and thanks Allen for two offprints. Dated: 25 December 1958.

Letter from Terence Gray to W.E.D. Allen in which Gray asks Allen on the source of the genealogy Allen included in his book on Georgian dynasties. In asking Gray makes reference to a disparity between Allen's work and the work of Toumanoff, an author with work on the same topic. Gray hopes that Allen is still studying Georgian genealogy and that further research may lead to an more authoritative conclusion. Dated 24 November 1957.