Charlotte F. Dailey

Charlotte F. Dailey (December 19, 1842 – May 14, 1914) was an American editor and exposition official. She compiled the Rhode Island woman's directory and organized the correspondence of Sarah Helen Whitman. Dailey assisted in the editing of Edgar Allan Poe's writings and the preparation of his biography.

Early life and education Charlotte (nickname, "Lottie") Field Dailey was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 19, 1842. The name Dailey dates back four generations in Rhode Island and is found as early as 1680 in Easton, Massachusetts. Lottie had a younger sister, Maude.

In advanced age, Sarah Helen Whitman came to live with the Dailey family. Lottie especially devoted herself to the elderly guest, and Whitman enjoyed recounting stories regarding distinguished people of her time, including the varied associations linked with Edgar Allan Poe's career. Lottie watched over Whitman when she died in 1878.

After graduating from Mme. C. Mears Burkhardt's Boarding School in New York City,

Whitman's literary executor was William Francis Channing, but after his death, Whitman's literary remains were consigned to the care of Dailey, who, with her sister, Maude, went through the entire correspondence and noted its contents. Later, the sisters assisted Professor Harrison in his work of editing Poe's writings and preparing his biography.

The "Charlotte Field Dailey Papers, 1883-1913." are held by the John Hay Library at Brown University.

Selected works Editor Rhode Island woman's directory (Rhode Island Woman's World's Fair Advisory Board, 1893)