The Florida Historical Quarterly is the scholarly publication of the Florida Historical Society and has been central to the Society’s mission “to prepare, edit and publish articles, sketches, biographies, pamphlets, books and documents, descriptive or illustrative of Florida.” First published in 1908 as the short-lived Publications of the Florida Historical Society, the FHQ is now in its 88th volume in 2009. The FHQ publishes peer-reviewed articles, historical notes and documents, and book reviews.