ABSTRACT
Like many of the Genevan bankers, Jean-Gabriel Eynard had excellent connections to the Parisian capital market. These were urgently required in the difficult question of the Greek loan. The philanthropic argument is certainly used here, but does not bear enough weight to persuade the bankers. After 1824, the banker developed a wide range of activities in an endeavour to support the Greeks. The banker Eynard was expressly mentioned in the statement of accounts as being competent and trustworthy in these transactions. In April 1827, his friend Ioannis Kapodistrias was elected as the first Greek president at the third Greek National Assembly in Troezen, and in May, Kapodistrias arranged for Eynard to be made an honorary Greek citizen. Eynard published many letters concerning the work of the Philhellene committees, incidentally revealing his great understanding of media impact. The letters reveal how deeply the affair touched Eynard, both as a banker and as a Philhellene.
