Ambrose E. Burnside. 1824-1881, Indiana. Born to a poor family of Quakers, Burnside was indentured at an early age as a tailor's apprentice. Afterward he entered West Point and graduated in the class of 1847, during the Mexican War. Although sent to Mexico, he did not arrive until the war had ended.
The Bridal Association of America quoted that the average cost of wedding invitations is $659. Wedding Stats has quoted the average being $441, or a range somewhere between $381 and $441 during 2015.
The Standard Size for Wedding Invitations. There is no one standard size for wedding invitations. The size largely depends on the standard sizing for envelopes as well as the availability of those envelopes. You can create invitations on any type of paper, but they generally fit within one of three standard announcement-sized envelopes.