Writing Homework Help

Hi, I have a paper that needs to be written and these are the instructions below: 

The transformation of the American landscape and environment is a common thread in much of the writing of people living then. This assignment is to compare one of those observers with the scholarly analysis of land change by historian Steven Stoll. Read his article, then read this passage from the 1850 book Rural Hours by Susan Cooper, a writer from upstate New York.

How do the direct observations by Susan Cooper help to document (or to challenge) some of the conclusions made by Steven Stoll in his article? Which aspects of Stoll’s analysis help you to understand the broader context of what Cooper is writing about?