After a barrage of petitions for help, state officials did beef up the military presence in some places, but it remained spotty coverage at best.
Other members of the exiled Habsburg dynasty, however, claimed much of this money, and there were regular petitions for help from former Imperial officials.
Social media and e-mail make it easier to petition MPs for help.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Thomas Menino of Boston, is hoping to form an alliance with the nation's governors to petition Washington for help.
The immediate crisis averted, New York's leaders continued to petition for federal help.
When letting go of anger seems out of your ability to handle, petitioning for divine help can help soften your heart enough to let you release that anger for good.
Amelung's ambitious project failed to prosper, however, and in 1790 he petitioned Congress for help.
A group petitioned City Hall for help in February, said Liu Xizhen, the wife of Mr. Lu, who had the heart attack.
Fu's father was one of ten Hui representatives who petitioned Beijing for help before the 1975 massacre.
Green, Labour and Lib Dem candidates in the local and parliamentary elections have set up petitions calling for help in securing the college's future.
"Classic gender markers don't fit everybody," Gorenberg said, calling the petition significant for helping people "exist without labels that don't accurately describe them".
