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Philipp Georg Friedrich von Reck (1710–1798) was a noble baron of Hanover who accompanied the Salzburger Emigrants on their voyage to Ebenezer, Georgia. He was a part of the first and third transports of Salzburger and was in charge of secular affairs. Von Reck is described as charming and enthusiastic but totally inexperienced young commissary. After the first voyage, von Reck left Georgia with vivid utopian descriptions and beautiful drawings of what he experienced. He returned to Ebenezer on February 7, 1736 with the third transport of which he was in charge. By August of that year, von Reck was stripped of his secular responsibilities after repeated disputes between himself, Johann Martin Boltzius, and the competing commissary Jean Vat. Von Reck was born into nobility and held a land charter for 500 acres in America under certain contingencies of qualification. Ultimately he never acquired this land and he returned to Europe and entered the Hanover and later Danish civil service.
Von Reck kept a journal of his time in America along with his own drawings. The drawings show his encounters with new plants and wildlife in America. These images and journal are a very important source for the study of the Creek and especially Yuchi society during the period of Von Reck's travels.